Memory phrase for the Kanji: 震

震

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Meaning to shake (earth quake), to vibrate, to tremble, excited, shocked

Pronunciation

zhèn

Explanation

Top: rain 雨, below: 'early morning' 辰 = image of plowing (At the field corner 厂 a first line 一 is plowed by the farmer 农.)

Mnemonic
 
When rain causes "plowed lines" (in a puddle), it is like a "quake".

Radicals

雨 rainView out of a window 冂 into the rain =,=. The upper line is a rain cloud.
辰 morning: 7-9 a.m.Actually a dragon, but used as a plow: At the field corner 厂 a first line 一 is plowed by the farmer 农
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 Vocabulary

 震动  zhèn dòng  to shake; to vibrate; to strongly affect; shock; vibration
 震撼性  zhèn hàn xìng  shocking
 震撼  zhèn hàn  to shake; to vibrate; to shock; to stun; shocking; stunning; fig. mind-blowing
 震慑  zhèn shè  to awe; to intimidate
 震眩弹  zhèn xuàn dàn  stun grenade
 震耳欲聋  zhèn ěr yù lóng  ear-splitting (idiom); deafening
 震聋  zhèn lóng  to deafen
 震古烁今  zhèn gǔ shuò jīn  shaking the old and illuminating the new (idiom); surpassing the ancients and dazzling contemporaries; glorious and world-shattering
 谭震林  Tán Zhèn lín  Tan Zhenlin (1902-1983), PRC revolutionary and military leader, played political role after the cultural revolution
 谭震林  Tán Zhèn lín  
 谭震林  Tán Zhèn lín  

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