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U+9707, 震
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9707

[U+9706]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+9708]

Translingual

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Han character

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(Kangxi radical 173, +7, 15 strokes, cangjie input 一月一一女 (MBMMV), four-corner 10232, composition)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1374, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42300
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1883, character 25
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4064, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+9707

Chinese

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trad.
simp. #

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tjɯn) : semantic + phonetic (OC *djɯn).

Etymology

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Related to (OC *tjɯns, “to shake”), probably from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dar ~ d(u/i)r (to tremble; to shiver) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation 1

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Note:
  • zen3 - literary;
  • ten3 - vernacular (“to shake”).
Note:
  • zing2 - literary;
  • dung3 - vernacular (“to shake”).
Note:
  • zhen4 - literary;
  • ten3 - vernacular (“to shake”).

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (23)
    Final () (43)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () III
    Fanqie
    Baxter tsyinH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /t͡ɕiɪnH/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /t͡ɕinH/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /t͡ɕjenH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /cinH/
    Li
    Rong
    /t͡ɕiĕnH/
    Wang
    Li
    /t͡ɕĭĕnH/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren
    /t͡ɕi̯ĕnH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    zhèn
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    zan3
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    zhèn
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ tsyinH ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*tər-s/
    English clap of thunder

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 1367
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    1
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*tjɯn/

    Definitions

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    1. thunder
    2. (of lightning) to strike
    3. to tremble; to shake; to jolt; to quake
    4. (literary, or in compounds) earthquake
        ―  zhènyāng  ―  epicentre of an earthquake
    5. (literary, or in compounds) to be excited; to be aroused; to be shocked
    6. to stir; to invigorate
    7. power; prestige; dignity
    8. to fear; to tremble
    9. the east
    10. 4th of the 8 trigrams
    11. 51st hexagram of the I Ching
    12. () (historical) Jin; Zhen (original name of the Balhae state)
    13. a surname
    Synonyms
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    • (thunder): (léi); (Cantonese, Hokkien, Teochew) 雷公 (léigōng); (Jin) 忽雷
    • (to shake): 震動震动 (zhèndòng)
    • (earthquake):
    • (to be excited):

    Compounds

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    References

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    Pronunciation 2

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    Definitions

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    1. Alternative form of (shēn, to be pregnant)

    Japanese

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    Kanji

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    (Jōyō kanji)

    1. to quake
    2. to tremble

    Readings

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    Compounds

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    Korean

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    Hanja

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    (jin) (hangeul , revised jin, McCune–Reischauer chin, Yale cin)

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    Vietnamese

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    Han character

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    : Hán Nôm readings: chấn, dấn

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