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Chinese symbol for “resonate”

振
zhèn
to shake; to flap; to vibrate; to resonate

The closest CC-CEDICT match for resonate is 振 (zhèn), defined as: to shake; to flap; to vibrate; to resonate; to rise up with spirit; to rouse oneself.

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Characters and stroke order

振 zhèn
to arouse, to excite; to rouse, to shake
radical 64 ⼿ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “resonate”

WordPinyinMeaning
共鸣 (共鳴)gòng míng(physics) to resonate; resonance; sympathetic response
响彻 (響徹)xiǎng chèto resound; to resonate

Related words

Other words that share a character with 振.

WordPinyinMeaning
振兴 (振興)zhèn xīngto revive; to revitalize; to invigorate; to re-energize
振动 (振動)zhèn dòngto vibrate; to shake
振奋 (振奮)zhèn fènto stir oneself up; to raise one's spirits
重振chóng zhènto revitalize; to restore (prestige, prosperity etc); revival; recovery
共振gòng zhènresonance (physics)
振作zhèn zuòto bestir oneself; to pull oneself together

See also: Japanese symbol for “resonate”.

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.