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U+9707, 震
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9707

[U+9706]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+9708]

Translingual

Han character

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

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

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Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 震, Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) ...

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation 1


Note:
  • zen3 - literary;
  • ten3 - vernacular (“to shake”).

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Definitions

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) thunder
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, of lightning) to strike
  3. to tremble; to shake; to jolt; to quake
  4. (literary, or in compounds) earthquake
       zhènyāng   epicentre of an earthquake
  5. (literary, or in compounds, obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to be excited; to be aroused; to be shocked
  6. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to stir; to invigorate
  7. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) power; prestige; dignity
  8. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to fear; to tremble
  9. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) the east
  10. 4th of the 8 trigrams
  11. 51st hexagram of the I Ching
  12. () (historical) Jin; Zhen (original name of the Balhae state)
  13. a surname
Synonyms
  • (thunder): (léi); (Cantonese, Hokkien, Teochew) 雷公 (léigōng); (Jin) 忽雷
  • (to shake): 震動震动 (zhèndòng)
  • (earthquake):
  • (to be excited):

Compounds

References

Pronunciation 2


Definitions

  1. alternative form of (shēn, to be pregnant)
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Japanese

Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. to quake
  2. to tremble

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

Etymology

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Noun

(しん) (shin) 

  1. the fourth of the eight trigrams of the I Ching
    Hypernym: 八卦
    Coordinate terms: , , , , , , ,
  2. the fifty-first of the sixty-four hexagrams of the I Ching
    Hypernym: 六十四卦

Korean

Hanja

(jin) (hangeul , revised jin, McCuneReischauer chin, Yale cin)

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: chấn, dấn

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