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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 震源

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
震源 zhèn yuán - epicenter (of earthquake)
- hypocenter

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 50,364 42,983 25,316

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
震 zhèn- to shake
- to vibrate
- to jolt
- to quake
- excited
- shocked
- one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing thunder
- ☳
源 yuán- root
- source
- origin

Other Words Containing 震源

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
震源 - - 50,364 42,983 25,316