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Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N2

893 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 15

Meaning: quake, shake, tremble, quiver, shiver

Kunyomi: ふる.う, ふる.える, ふる.わせる, ふる.わす

Onyomi: シン

Composition: 雨 辰

震

Radical

Radical: 雨

Reading: あめかんむり

Meaning: rain

Strokes: 8

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Examples

Examples with audio

震動(しんどう)   shock, tremor, impact

震度(しんど)   Japanese earthquake scale

震源(しんげん)   epicenter

震災(しんさい)   earthquake (disaster)

地震(じしん)   earthquake

強震(きょうしん)   severe earthquake

弱震(じゃくしん)   mild earthquake

震える(ふるえる)   shiver, shake, quake [v.i.]

身震いする(みぶるいする)   shiver, tremble, shudder

Onyomi Examples

震 (シン) zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)

震源 (シンゲン) hypocentre (of an earthquake), hypocenter, focus

微震 (ビシン) slight earthquake

軽震 (ケイシン) weak earthquake

Kunyomi Examples

震う (ふるう) to shake, to tremble, to vibrate

震える (ふるえる) to shiver, to shake, to quake, to tremble, to quaver, to quiver

震わせる (ふるわせる) to (make something) quiver, to shake, to tremble, to vibrate

震わす (ふるわす) to (make something) quiver, to shake, to tremble, to vibrate

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