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Kanji Information Sheet for 振 ( PDF version )
Bushu (Radical) Info: 手 (て) – hand
Levels: JLPT N1 | JLPT 1 (old) | Grade 8
Frequency: #614 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #614 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N3 Words
- 振る [ふる]
(v5r,vt) (1) to wave; to shake; to swing; (2) to sprinkle; (3) to cast (actor); to allocate (work); (4) to turn down (somebody); to reject; to jilt; (5) to abandon; to give up; to ruin [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
- 振り [ぶり]
(suf) style; manner [K] [D] [Jisho] - 振り仮名 [ふりがな]
furigana (hiragana over kanji); pronunciation key [K] [D] [Jisho] - 振り向く [ふりむく]
(v5k) to turn one's face; to turn around [K] [D] [Jisho] - 振る舞う [ふるまう]
(v5u,vt) to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
- 久し振り [ひさしぶり]
(exp) after a long time [K] [D] [Jisho] - 振り [ふり]
(n,vs) pretence; show; appearance [K] [D] [Jisho] - 振り出し [ふりだし]
(n) outset; starting point; drawing or issuing (draft) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 振り返る [ふりかえる]
(v5r) to turn head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to look back [K] [D] [Jisho] - 振興 [しんこう]
(n) promotion; encouragement [K] [D] [Jisho] - 振動 [しんどう]
(n,vs) oscillation; vibration [K] [D] [Jisho] - 身振り [みぶり]
(n) gesture [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不振 [ふしん]
(adj-na,n) dullness; depression; slump; stagnation [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 三振 [さんしん]
(n,vs) strike out (baseball); fanning out [K] [D] [Jisho] - 手振り [てぶり]
(n) movements or gestures of hands or arms [K] [D] [Jisho] - 空振り [からぶり]
(n,vs) striking (at something) and missing; in vain [K] [D] [Jisho] - 奪三振 [だつさんしん]
(n) striking a batter out [K] [D] [Jisho] - 振り回す [ふりまわす]
(v5s) to wield; to brandish; to flourish; to wave (about); to swing; to display; to show off; to abuse [K] [D] [Jisho] - 振り込み [ふりこみ]
(n) a payment made via bank deposit transfer [K] [D] [Jisho] - 振り込む [ふりこむ]
(v5m) to make a payment via bank deposit transfer [K] [D] [Jisho] - 振り子 [ふりこ]
(n) pendulum [K] [D] [Jisho] - 振り切る [ふりきる]
(v5r) to shake off; to shake free from [K] [D] [Jisho] - 振り替え [ふりかえ]
(n) transfer (money); change [K] [D] [Jisho] - 振り付け [ふりつけ]
(n) choreography [K] [D] [Jisho] - 振る舞い [ふるまい]
(n) behavior; conduct [K] [D] [Jisho] - 振替 [ふりかえ]
(n) transfer (money); change [K] [D] [Jisho] - 振幅 [しんぷく]
(n) amplitude (of vibration); swing of pendulum [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.