震 zhèn
noun
: to shake; to vibrate; to jolt; to quake; to tremor
: excited; shocked
: one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing thunder; ☳
震い | ふるい furui
noun
: shaking; ague; trembling; shivering
震う | ふるう furuu
godan verb with u ending
: to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
震え | ふるえ furue
noun
: shivering; trembling
震れる | ふれる fureru
ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to swing; to shake; to wave
: to veer; to deflect; to lean towards
震える | ふるえる furueru
ichidan verb | intransitive verb
: to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
震わす | ふるわす furuwasu
godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
震 | しん shin
noun
: zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
震動[动] zhen4dong4: to shake; to vibrate; to strongly affect; shock; vibration
[震動 | しんどう shindou: shock; tremor; impact]
震驚[惊] zhen4jing: to shock; to astonish
震蕩[荡] zhen4dang4: to vibrate; to shake; to shudder
[震蕩 | しんとう shintou: shock; impact; concussion]
震撼 zhen4han4: to shake; to vibrate; to shock; to stun; shocking; stunning; fig. mind-blowing[震撼 | しんかん shinkan: shake]
震懾[慑] zhen4she4: to awe; to intimidate
地震 di4zhen4: earthquake [じしん jishin OR ない nai / なえ nae: earthquake]
地震波 di4zhen4 bo1: seismic wave [じしんは jishinha]
強[强]震 qiang2zhen4: powerful earthquake; abbr. for 强烈地震
[強震 | きょうしん kyoushin: severe earthquake]
抗震 kang4zhen4: anti-seismic measures; seismic defenses; earthquake resistant
Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom
*震天動地 | しんてんどうち shinten douchi
: (yoji) earth-shaking
震い付く | ふるいつく furuitsuku: to hug
震え上がる | ふるえあがる furue agaru
: to tremble violently; to shudder up
震駭させる | しんがいさせる shingai saseru
: to frighten; to terrify; to shock
淡路大震災 | あわじだいしんさい awaji daishinsai
: Great Kobe earthquake of 1995 (the epicenter was located on Awaji island)
東北地方太平洋沖地震 | とうほくちほうたいへいようおきじしん
touhoku chihou taihei youoki jishin
: Tohoku earthquake (March 11, 2011); Sendai Earthquake; Great East Japan Earthquake
地震雷火事親父 | じしんかみなりかじおやじ jishin kaminari kaji oyaji
: earthquakes, thunder, fires, and fathers (as a list of things that are generally feared)
Chinese common word | expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
*震天動地 [震天动地] zhen4 tian1 dong4 di4
: to shake heaven and earth
震耳欲聾 [震耳欲聋] zhen4 er3 yu4 long2
: ear-splitting; deafening
哭聲震天 [哭声震天] ku1 sheng1 zhen4 tian1
: lit. cries of grief shake the heavens; great sorrow
敲山震虎 qiao1 shan1 zhen4 hu3
: a deliberate show of strength as a warning
聲名大震 [声名大震] sheng1 ming2 da4 zhen4
: to create a sensation
川震 chuan1zhen4: Sichuan great earthquake, the magnitude 8 earthquake of May 2008 at Wenchuan 汶川, Sichuan, that killed more than 80,000 people; same as 四川大地震
陝西大地震 [陕西大地震] shan3 xi1 da4 di4 zhen4
: the great Shaanxi earthquake of 2nd February 1556 that killed 830,000 people
形声 Pictophonetic.
雨 (yu3: rain radical 173) suggests the meaning while
辰 (chen2: early morning; 5th terrestrial branch) provides the sound.
Examples:
日本は地震が多い。
にほんはじしんがおおい nihon wa jishin ga ooi
There are many earthquakes in Japan.
汽車停止時震動了一下。
qi4che1 ting2zhi3 shi2 zhen4dong4 le yi1xia4
The car stopped with a jolt.
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
