震
to shake; to vibrate; to jolt; to quake; excited; shocked; one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing thunder; ☳
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How 震 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
雨 (semantic, “rain”) + 辰 (phonetic, chén)
How to remember it
quake · Heisig RSH #2920
weather + 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 |
| 振 | zhèn | to arouse, to excite; to rouse, to shake |
| 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 震
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中国地震台网 | Zhōng guó Dì zhèn Tái wǎng | China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC), the information hub of the China Earthquake Admin… |
| 地震学家 | dì zhèn xué jiā | seismologist; earthquake scientist |
| 震天动地 | zhèn tiān dòng dì | to shake heaven and earth (idiom) |
| 中国地震局 | Zhōng guó Dì zhèn jú | China Earthquake Administration (CEA); State Seismological Bureau |
| 国家地震局 | Guó jiā Dì zhèn jú | China Earthquake Administration (CEA); State Seismological Bureau |
| 群发性地震 | qún fā xìng dì zhèn | earthquake swarm |
| 地震活动带 | dì zhèn huó dòng dài | seismic zone; earthquake belt |
| 关东地震 | Guān dōng dì zhèn | Kantō earthquake of 1923, magnitude 8.2, that killed 200,000 people in the Tokyo area |
| 地震区 | dì zhèn qū | seismic zone; earthquake belt |
| 声名大震 | shēng míng dà zhèn | to create a sensation |
| 地震学 | dì zhèn xué | seismology; science of earthquakes |
| 环太平洋地震带 | Huán Tài píng yáng Dì zhèn dài | Ring of Fire (circum-Pacific seismic belt) |
| 中源地震 | zhōng yuán dì zhèn | medium depth earthquake (with epicenter 70-300 km deep) |
| 四川大地震 | Sì chuān Dà dì zhèn | Great Sichuan Earthquake (2008) |
| 震源机制 | zhèn yuán jī zhì | (seismology) focal mechanism |
| 威震天下 | wēi zhèn tiān xià | to inspire awe throughout the empire (idiom) |
| 唐山大地震 | Táng shān Dà dì zhèn | Great Tangshan Earthquake (1976) |
| 地震波 | dì zhèn bō | seismic wave |
| 地震带 | dì zhèn dài | seismic zone; earthquake belt |
| 地震速报 | dì zhèn sù bào | real-time report of earthquake data; earthquake alert |