Japanese symbol for “zhen”
震
しん
Romaji: shin
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
In Japanese, zhen is 震, read しん (shin).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- n zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “zhen”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鴆 | ちん chin | poisonfeather bird; zhenniao; zhen |
| 震為雷 | しんいらい shin'irai | zhen (hexagram 51 of the I Ching: thunder, the arousing) |
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 |
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.
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