震 – quake, shake, tremble

15 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#893 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 震 means quake, shake, tremble, quiver, shiver. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シン (shin); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ふる.う、ふる.える、ふる.わせる、ふる.わす (furuu, furueru, furuwaseru, furuwasu). It is written with 15 strokes, under radical 雨 (no. 173).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シン	shin
Kun’yomi	ふる.う	furuu
Kun’yomi	ふる.える	furueru
Kun’yomi	ふる.わせる	furuwaseru
Kun’yomi	ふる.わす	furuwasu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 雨 (Kangxi radical 173). Components: 衣・雨・辰・厂.

Words using 震

地震じしんearthquake震えるふるえるto shiver震わせるふるわせるto (make something) quiver

Example sentences

地震がその地域を襲った。

The earthquake shook the area.

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少年は物音に震えた。

The boy quivered at the sound.

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彼女は怒りに声を震わせていた。

Her voice was shaking with anger.

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Kanji with the same radical

電露需雨雪零雲雰霊雷霞霧霜雫霰

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