振

音読おんよみ: シン

訓読くんよみ:・ふるう

画数かくすう: 10 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 扌(てへん)

Meaning

Shake / Wave / Swing

  • 振動しんどう — vibration
  • 振興しんこう — promotion / advancement
  • 振作しんさく — bracing oneself / becoming encouraged
  • 振舞ふるまう — to behave / to treat (to a meal)
  • る — to shake / to swing
  • られる — to be dumped (in love)
  • 振袖ふりそで — long-sleeved kimono
  • 不振ふしん — slump / stagnation

振 combines 扌 (hand) with 辰 (シン, phonetic). It depicts an action involving the hand — shaking, waving, or swinging. It also extends metaphorically to emotional or situational changes, like 振動 (vibration) or 不振 (slump).

かれって わかれを げた。
He waved his hand to say goodbye.

この装置そうち振動しんどう感知かんちします。
This device detects vibrations.

動
Creates
振動しんどう — vibration
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