振
to shake; to flap; to vibrate; to resonate; to rise up with spirit; to rouse oneself
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,308 U+632F
How 振 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 辰 (phonetic, chén)
How to remember it
vibrate · Heisig RSH #2921
fingers + 辰 sign of the dragon
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 辰
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 辰 (chén) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 辰 sound component | chén | early morning; fortune, good luck; 5th terrestrial branch |
| 震 | zhèn | shake, quake, tremor; to excite |
| 唇 | chún | lips |
| 晨 | chén | dawn, early morning |
| 赈 | zhèn | to relieve, to aid; rich |
| 娠 | shēn | pregnant |
| 蜃 | shèn | clam; sea serpent |
| 宸 | chén | imperial palace |
Words containing 振
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 为之一振 | wèi zhī yī zhèn | to be energized by it; to receive a boost from it |
| 调和振动 | tiáo hé zhèn dòng | harmonic oscillation |
| 振安区 | Zhèn ān Qū | Zhen'an, a district of Dandong City 丹東市|丹东市[Dan1 dong1 Shi4], Liaoning |
| 三振出局 | sān zhèn chū jú | see 三振[san1 zhen4] |
| 功能性磁共振成像 | gōng néng xìng cí gòng zhèn chéng xiàng | functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) |
| 振兴区 | Zhèn xīng Qū | Zhenxing, a district of Dandong City 丹東市|丹东市[Dan1 dong1 Shi4], Liaoning |
| 功能磁共振成像术 | gōng néng cí gòng zhèn chéng xiàng shù | functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) |
| 横振动 | héng zhèn dòng | transverse vibration |
| 不振 | bù zhèn | lacking in vitality; depressed (market, spirits etc) |
| 振动 | zhèn dòng | to vibrate; to shake; vibration |
| 振安 | Zhèn ān | see 振安區|振安区[Zhen4 an1 Qu1] |
| 三振 | sān zhèn | to strike out; strikeout (baseball, softball); (Tw) to ditch; to eliminate from considerat… |
| 磁共振成像 | cí gòng zhèn chéng xiàng | magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) |
| 重振 | chóng zhèn | to revitalize; to restore (prestige, prosperity etc); revival; recovery |
| 振作 | zhèn zuò | to bestir oneself; to pull oneself together; to cheer up; to uplift; to stimulate |
| 振振有词 | zhèn zhèn yǒu cí | to speak forcefully and with justice (idiom); to argue with the courage of one's convictio… |
| 偏振光 | piān zhèn guāng | polarization of light; polarized light |
| 核磁共振 | hé cí gòng zhèn | nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) |
| 朝永振一郎 | Cháo yǒng Zhèn yī láng | TOMONAGA Shin'ichirō (1906-1979), Japanese physicist, 1965 Nobel prize laureate with Richa… |
| 偏振波 | piān zhèn bō | polarized wave |