震

See also: ☳

Translingual

Han character

震 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+7, 15 strokes, cangjie input 一月一一女 (MBMMV), four-corner 1023₂, composition ⿱⻗辰)

Derived characters

• 𢤟, 𢸍, 𤂪, 𭩒, 𨯂

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1374, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42300
• Dae Jaweon: page 1883, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4064, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9707

---

Chinese

trad.		震
simp. #		震

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (辰) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
辴	*tʰɯl, *tʰɯnʔ, *tʰɯn
屒	*tɯnʔ, *djɯn
振	*tjɯn, *tjɯns
侲	*tjɯn, *tjɯn
桭	*tjɯn, *djɯn
唇	*tjɯn, *ɦljun
帪	*tjɯn
賑	*tjɯnʔ, *tjɯns
裖	*tjɯnʔ
敐	*tjɯnʔ, *djɯn
震	*tjɯn
娠	*tjɯns, *hljɯn
蜃	*djɯns, *djɯnʔ, *djins
辰	*djɯn
晨	*djɯn, *ɦljɯn
宸	*djɯn
鷐	*djɯn
麎	*djɯn
祳	*djɯnʔ
脤	*djɯnʔ
鋠	*djɯnʔ
磭	*ŋrɯnʔ, *ŋ̊ʰjaɡ, *ŋaɡ
陙	*djun
脣	*ɦljun
漘	*ɦljun

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tjɯn) : semantic 雨 + phonetic 辰 (OC *djɯn).

Etymology

Related to 振 (OC *tjɯns, “to shake”), probably from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dar ~ d(u/i)r (“to tremble; to shiver”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 震

1. ^† thunder
2. ^† (of lightning) to strike
3. to tremble; to shake; to jolt; to quake
4. earthquake
5. ^† to be excited; to be aroused; to be shocked
6. ^† to stir; to invigorate
7. ^† power; prestige; dignity
8. ^† to fear; to tremble
9. ^† the east
10. 4th of the 8 trigrams
11. 51st hexagram of the I Ching
12. (～國) (historical) Jin; Zhen (original name of the Balhae state)
13. a surname

Synonyms

• (thunder): 雷 (léi)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēn (shen¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣ

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shen
    • Wade–Giles: shên¹
    • Yale: shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shen
    • Palladius: шэнь (šɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 震

1. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 娠 (shēn, “to be pregnant”).

(deprecated template usage)

---

Japanese

Kanji

震

(Jōyō kanji)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Readings

• Go-on: しん (shin, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: しん (shin, Jōyō)
• Kun: ふるう (furuu, 震う, Jōyō); ふるえる (furueru, 震える, Jōyō)

Compounds

• 地震(じしん) (jishin)

• 震度(しんど) (shindo)

• 震動(しんどう) (shindō)

---

Korean

Hanja

震 • (jin) (hangeul 진, revised jin, McCune–Reischauer chin, Yale cin)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

---

Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 震 (chấn, dấn)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.