撼
to shake; to vibrate
16 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,094 U+64BC
How 撼 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 感 (phonetic, gǎn)
How to remember it
joggle · Heisig RSH #1864
fingers + 感 feel
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 感
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 感 (gǎn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 感 sound component | gǎn | to affect, to move, to touch; to perceive, to sense |
| 憾 | hàn | regret, remorse |
Words containing 撼
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 撼天动地 | hàn tiān dòng dì | earth-shaking |
| 难以撼动 | nán yǐ hàn dòng | unsusceptible to change; deeply entrenched |
| 震撼性 | zhèn hàn xìng | shocking; stunning; sensational |
| 震撼弹 | zhèn hàn dàn | stun grenade; (Tw) (fig.) sth that produces shockwaves; bombshell (revelation); blockbuste… |
| 撼动 | hàn dòng | to shake up; to deal a shock; (fig.) to stir (sb's heart) |
| 震撼 | zhèn hàn | to shake; to shock; to stun; shocking; stunning; shock |
| 摇撼 | yáo hàn | to shake; to rock |
| 蜻蜓撼石柱 | qīng tíng hàn shí zhù | lit. the dragon-fly shakes the stone tower (idiom); fig. to overestimate one's capabilitie… |
| 蚍蜉撼大树 | pí fú hàn dà shù | lit. an ant trying to shake a big tree (idiom); fig. to overrate one's own strength; also … |
| 撼树蚍蜉 | hàn shù pí fú | see 蚍蜉撼樹|蚍蜉撼树[pi2 fu2 han4 shu4] |
| 蚍蜉撼树 | pí fú hàn shù | (lit.) an ant trying to shake a tree (idiom); (fig.) to overrate oneself; to overestimate … |