振

振 U+632F, 振 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-632F ← 挮 [U+632E] CJK Unified Ideographs 挰 → [U+6330]

Translingual

Han character

振 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 手一一女 (QMMV), four-corner 5103₂, composition ⿰扌辰)

Derived characters

• 𠺲, 𱞾, 𱧳, 𫕫, 𠺃, 䳲(𱊙)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 431, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12093
• Dae Jaweon: page 780, character 34
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1879, character 1
• Unihan data for U+632F

Chinese

trad.		振
simp. #		振

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, *tjɯns): semantic 手 + phonetic 辰 (OC *djɯn).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèn (zhen⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chṳ́n

  (Hailu, HRS): zhin^ˊ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): zen³

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zing³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tín / chín

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zing² / ding²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèn
    • Wade–Giles: chên⁴
    • Yale: jèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenn
    • Palladius: чжэнь (čžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zan³
    • Yale: jan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zen³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ́n
    • Hakka Romanization System: ziin^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zin³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨn³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: zhin^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃin²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zen³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sən³¹/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zing³
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cîng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siŋ⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siŋ³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tín
    • Tâi-lô: tín
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dien
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tin⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tin⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tin⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chín
    • Tâi-lô: tsín
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cien
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sin⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sin⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin⁴¹/

Note:

• tín - vernacular;
• chín - literary.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zing² / ding²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsíng / tíng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siŋ⁵²/, /tiŋ⁵²/
Note:
• zing2 - literary;
• ding2 - vernacular (in 振動).

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• Middle Chinese: tsyinH

Rime
Character	振
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	章刃切
Baxter	tsyinH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiɪnH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕinH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjenH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cinH/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiĕnH/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭĕnH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ĕnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhèn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zan3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tər-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjɯns/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	振
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhèn
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyinH ›
Old Chinese	/*tər-s/
English	shake
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	振
Reading #	2/2
No.	1366
Phonetic component	辰
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	震
Old Chinese	/*tjɯns/

Definitions

振

1. to wave; to shake
2. to sway; to rock
3. to wield; to brandish; to shake
4. to brace oneself; to rise vigorously; to rise up
5. to vibrate; to tremble

Synonyms

• (to wave): 動搖／动摇 (dòngyáo), 搖動／摇动 (yáodòng)
• (to sway):

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• 搖動 / 摇动 (yáodòng)
• 搖擺 / 摇摆 (yáobǎi)
• 搖晃 / 摇晃
• 搖曳 / 摇曳 (yáoyè)
• 搖蕩 / 摇荡 (yáodàng)
• 搖顯 / 摇显 (Hokkien)
• 摵 (Hokkien)
• 擺動 / 摆动 (bǎidòng)
• 晃動 / 晃动 (huàngdòng)
• 舞動 / 舞动 (wǔdòng)
• 蕩 / 荡 (dàng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 閃 / 闪 (shǎn)

• (to wield):

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• 揮動 / 挥动 (huīdòng)
• 揮舞 / 挥舞 (huīwǔ)
• 耍 (shuǎ)
• 舞 (wǔ) (literary, or in compounds)
• 舞動 / 舞动 (wǔdòng) (formal)

• (to vibrate): 抖動／抖动 (dǒudòng), 振動／振动 (zhèndòng)

Compounds

• 一蹶不振 (yījuébùzhèn)
• 三振 (sānzhèn)
• 三振出局 (sānzhèn chūjú)
• 不振 (bùzhèn)
• 低迷不振
• 偏振 (piānzhèn)
• 偏振光 (piānzhènguāng)
• 共振 (gòngzhèn)
• 吸振器
• 嚴振 / 严振
• 大振 (dàzhèn)
• 委靡不振
• 威振天下
• 彈冠振衣 / 弹冠振衣
• 振作 (zhènzuò)
• 振作有為 / 振作有为
• 振刷
• 振動 / 振动 (zhèndòng)
• 振古
• 振奮 / 振奋 (zhènfèn)
• 振奮人心 / 振奋人心 (zhènfènrénxīn)
• 振威
• 振幅 (zhènfú)
• 振弱除暴
• 振慴 / 振慑
• 振拔 (zhènbá)
• 振振
• 振振有辭 / 振振有辞 (zhènzhènyǒucí)
• 振揚 / 振扬
• 振救
• 振旅
• 振槁
• 振民育德
• 振玉
• 振盪 / 振荡 (zhèndàng)
• 振盪器 / 振荡器 (zhèndàngqì)
• 振窮卹貧 / 振穷卹贫
• 振窮恤寡 / 振穷恤寡
• 振筆 / 振笔
• 振策
• 振筆直書 / 振笔直书
• 振纓 / 振缨
• 振翅高飛 / 振翅高飞
• 振翮 (zhènhé)
• 振翼
• 振聾發聵 / 振聋发聩 (zhènlóngfākuì)
• 振臂 (zhènbì)
• 振臂一呼 (zhènbìyīhū)
• 振臂高呼
• 振興 / 振兴 (zhènxīng)
• 振落
• 振衣
• 振衣提領 / 振衣提领
• 振衣濯足
• 振衰起敝
• 振裘持領 / 振裘持领
• 振警愚頑 / 振警愚顽
• 振貧濟乏 / 振贫济乏
• 振起 (zhènqǐ)
• 振鐸 / 振铎
• 振領提綱 / 振领提纲
• 振鱗奮翼 / 振鳞奋翼
• 振鷺 / 振鹭
• 振鷺充庭 / 振鹭充庭
• 振鷺在庭 / 振鹭在庭
• 提振 (tízhèn)
• 援溺振渴
• 揚葩振藻 / 扬葩振藻
• 搖山振岳 / 摇山振岳
• 摛翰振藻
• 核磁共振 (hécí gòngzhèn)
• 欲振乏力
• 玉振
• 玉振金聲 / 玉振金声
• 發矇振聵 / 发蒙振聩
• 發聾振聵 / 发聋振聩
• 發蒙振落 / 发蒙振落
• 積弱不振 / 积弱不振
• 聲振林木 / 声振林木
• 萎靡不振
• 重振 (chóngzhèn)
• 重振旗鼓 (chóngzhènqígǔ)
• 重振雄風 / 重振雄风
• 金聲玉振 / 金声玉振
• 響振 / 响振
• 頹靡不振 / 颓靡不振
• 食慾不振 / 食欲不振 (shíyùbùzhèn)
• 龍蹙虎振 / 龙蹙虎振

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēn (zhen¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhen
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹
    • Yale: jēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jen
    • Palladius: чжэнь (čžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zan¹
    • Yale: jān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyin

Rime
Character	振
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	側鄰切
Baxter	tsyin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕin/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cin/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiĕn/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zan1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tər/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjɯn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	振
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhēn
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyin ›
Old Chinese	/*tər/
English	numerous; majestic
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	振
Reading #	1/2
No.	1358
Phonetic component	辰
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	眞
Old Chinese	/*tjɯn/
Notes	原誤側鄰切，依韻目注改

Definitions

振

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 振振 (zhēnzhēn)

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhěn (zhen³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhěn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhěn
    • Wade–Giles: chên³
    • Yale: jěn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeen
    • Palladius: чжэнь (čžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən²¹⁴/

Definitions

振

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 袗 (zhěn, “unlined garment”)

References

• “振”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “振”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 307.

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 振

振

(Jōyō kanji)

1. to swing, to wield, to flourish, to wave, to shake

Readings

• Go-on: しん (shin, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: しん (shin, Jōyō)
• Kun: ふる (furu, 振る, Jōyō)、ふるう (furuu, 振るう, Jōyō)、ふれる (fureru, 振れる, Jōyō)、ふり (furi)

Compounds

• 振(ふり)付(つけ), 振(ふ)り付(つ)け (furitsuke, “choreography”)

Korean

Hanja

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

1. to raise, to excite

Vietnamese

Han character

振: Hán Nôm readings: chấn

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