Japanese symbol for “tremor”
震動
しんどう
Romaji: shindou
shock; tremor; impact; vibration
In Japanese, tremor is 震動, read しんどう (shindou).
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Meanings
- n, vi, vs shock; tremor; impact; vibration
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “tremor”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 揺 | ゆり yuri | vibration; flickering; jolting |
| 揺れ | ゆれ yure | shaking; shake; jolt |
| 振戦 | しんせん shinsen | tremor (muscular); trembling; shaking |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地震 | じしん jishin | earthquake |
| 震度 | しんど shindo | seismic intensity |
| 震災 | しんさい shinsai | earthquake disaster |
| 大震災 | だいしんさい daishinsai | great earthquake (disaster); highly destructive earthquake |
| 震源 | しんげん shingen | hypocentre (of an earthquake); hypocenter; focus |
| 耐震 | たいしん taishin | resistant to earthquakes |
| 活動 | かつどう katsudou | activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation |
| 行動 | こうどう koudou | action; conduct; behaviour |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.