漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
振: shake, wave
Also: wag, swing
JLPT N110 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
扌 carries the meaning · 辰 gives the sound
10 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
シンshin · on'yomi · in compounds
- 振興しんこうpromotion; encouragement
- 不振ふしんdullness; slump; stagnation
- 三振さんしんstrikeout
- 振動しんどうoscillation; vibration
ふるfuru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 振りふりswing; shake; sweep
- 振替ふりかえtransfer; switching over; change
- 振るふるto wave; to shake; to swing
- 振込ふりこみpayment made via bank deposit transfer
Also read ふれる, ふるう, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)手 (meaning) + 辰 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 振 (rev. 93449865), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Hand (扌) + dragon (辰). To use your "hand" to create a "vibration" or shaking movement—the literal act of swinging or shaking.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
振 takes the 辰 family's reading, シン (shin).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side振 shake · 扌
vs娠 with child · 女In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhèn
Same form: 振 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 振 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 振 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhèn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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