Chinese Character 震 Meanings and components.

Form

震

Meaning

震 meaning[3] in English

To Shake.

To Vibrate.

To Jolt.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 震 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are rain (雨) , and 5th earthly branch: … (辰)

Its radical[1] is: 雨 (yu3) which means: Rain, Cl:陣|阵[Zhen4],場|场[Chang2], .雨yu3rain

In cangjie it is written with MBMMV

How to write 震

To write震zhen4to shake you should write a combination of 雨yu3rain , 辰chen25th earthly … arranged in a 吕 shape:

雨 + 辰 = 震

震 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 震 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 震, looks as follow:

震
Pinyin:zhen4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Shake . To Vibrate . To Jolt . To Quake . Excited . Shocked . One Of The Eight Trigrams 八卦[Ba1 Gua4], Symbolizing Thunder . ☳
雨
Pinyin:yu3
Meaning[3]: Rain . Cl:陣|阵[Zhen4],場|场[Chang2]
辰
Pinyin:chen2
Meaning[3]: 5th Earthly Branch: 7-9 A.M., 3rd Solar Month (5th April-4th May), Year Of The Dragon . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 120°

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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