Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

shake; shock; sign in trigram

Chinese: 震动、震惊、冲击。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “zhen” becomes a different word in each tone. 震 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 地震dì zhènearthquake
  • 震惊zhèn jīngto shock; to astonish
  • 震撼zhèn hànto shake; to shock; to stun; shocking
  • 震动zhèn dòngto shake; to vibrate; to strongly affect; shock
  • 震中zhèn zhōngearthquake epicenter

Example Sentence

一声巨响震得窗户都在抖。Yì shēng jù xiǎng zhèn de chuāng hu dōu zài dǒu.A loud noise shook the windows.

oneshēngsound巨响jù xiǎngloud soundzhènto shakede(verb complement)窗户chuāng huwindowdōuallzàiatdǒuto tremble