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Chinese symbol for “oscillate”

震荡
zhèn dàng
Traditional: 震盪
to shake up; to jolt; to vibrate; to oscillate

The closest CC-CEDICT match for oscillate is 震荡 (zhèn dàng), defined as: to shake up; to jolt; to vibrate; to oscillate; to fluctuate.

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Characters and stroke order

震 zhèn
shake, quake, tremor; to excite
radical 173 ⾬ · 15 strokes
荡 dàng
pond, pool; ripple, shake; to wash away, to wipe out
radical 140 ⾋ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “oscillate”

WordPinyinMeaning
摆动 (擺動)bǎi dòngto sway; to swing

Related words

Other words that share a character with 震荡.

WordPinyinMeaning
地震dì zhènearthquake
震惊 (震驚)zhèn jīngto shock; to astonish
震撼zhèn hànto shake; to shock
震动 (震動)zhèn dòngto shake; to vibrate
动荡 (動盪)dòng dàngvariant of 动荡 (dòng dàng)
荡妇 (蕩婦)dàng fùprostitute; floozy; slut
淫荡 (淫蕩)yín dàngloose in morals; lascivious

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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