震 — kanji meaning “quake”
震
quake, shake, tremble, quiver, shiver
- Meanings
- quake, shake, tremble, quiver, shiver
- On'yomi
- シン (shin)
- Kun'yomi
- ふる.う、ふる.える、ふる.わせる、ふる.わす
- Strokes
- 15
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #893 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 173
- Chinese reading
- zhèn — Chinese character page
Words with 震
| 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 |
| 余震 | よしん yoshin | aftershock |
| 地震 | ない nai | earthquake |
| 震える | ふるえる furueru | to shiver; to shake; to quake |
| 身震い | みぶるい miburui | shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear); shuddering |
| 激震 | げきしん gekishin | severe earthquake; violent tremor |
| 震動 | しんどう shindou | shock; tremor; impact |
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