Chinese Character Wiki
振

zhèn

raise

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 辰 represents the sound.

Components
扌 meaning component

扌  Meaning component

shou, shǒu

  

hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

辰 sound component

辰  Sound component

chén

  

early morning

Evolution

振 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
振 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
振 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
振 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
振 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

振  

zhèn

raise, excite, arouse action; to shake; to flap; to vibrate; to resonate; to rise up with spirit; to rouse oneself

Most common words with 振
Freq.
Word
Meaning

振作

to bestir oneself

振

to shake

振奋

to stir oneself up

振动

to vibrate

振兴

to revive

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*tər

tsyin

zhēn

numerous; majestic

*tər-s

tsyinH

zhèn

shake


Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 13.5832% of movies

1755th most common character in movies

1140th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+632F

Shuowen

“振，舉救也。从手，辰聲。一曰奮也。”


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