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20 震 Earthquake

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Radical Combination

  • 雨 Rain
  • 辰 Landslide

Meaning

Primary

Earthquake

Alternatives

Quake, Shake

Mnemonic

Rain causes a landslide that causes an earthquake!!! The earth doesn't just slide, it shakes and quakes.

Hints

Picture this happening in real time. First it starts to rain really hard, then the ground starts to shift and run, then everything is shaking and quaking so violently it's an earthquake!

Readings

On’yomi

しん

Kun’yomi

ふる

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

The earthquake shakes you so violently that you fall over, banging your shin (しん) on the coffee table. The edge of the coffee table is very sharp, so it cuts into your shin pretty badly.

Hints

You grab your shin, but the earthquake shakes the coffee table toward you to hit your shin yet again! Ow ow ow stop!

Visually Similar Kanji

  • 雪
    • ゆき
    • Snow
  • 雲
    • くも
    • Cloud
  • 電
    • でん
    • Electricity
  • 雰
    • ふん
    • Atmosphere
  • 雷
    • らい
    • Thunder
  • 霧
    • きり
    • Fog
  • 霜
    • しも
    • Frost

Found In Vocabulary

  • 余震
    • よしん
    • Aftershock
  • 地震
    • じしん
    • Earthquake
  • 震災
    • しんさい
    • Earthquake...
  • 震度
    • しんど
    • Earthquake...
  • 震える
    • ふるえる
    • To Shake
  • 震源地
    • しんげんち
    • Epicenter
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