振

zhèn

zh+èn·4th tone

to shake · to flap

Radical: 扌 Strokes: 10

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

打拉指报托折推接投护提排

Same radical

打拉指报托折推接投护提排才扬执

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Character Decomposition

振=扌+辰

Etymology

hand

Meanings

to shake

to flap

to vibrate

to resonate

to rise up with spirit

to rouse oneself

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Words with 振 201 total

resonance (physics)共振gòng zhèn polarization (of waves)偏振piān zhèn resonance · sympathetic vibration谐振xié zhèn

Idioms with 振 43 total Chain

lit. so loud that even the deaf can hear (idiom); rousing even the apathetic发聋振聩fā lóng zhèn kuì lit. to remove a covering and shake off falling leaves (idiom) · fig. extremely easy to accomplish; a simple task发蒙振落fā méng zhèn luò studying the old to promote the new (idiom)稽古振今jī gǔ zhèn jīn