# 震 shake, tremble

雨 (rain) + (payback) Same-ON
★★★☆☆
15 strokes
ILL PAIR

## Onyomi

SHIN |

## Mnemonic

| It's raining so hard the ground is shaking, and SHINING. It must be payback for that dry spell we've been having.

## Kunyomi

( が ) ふる＊える | to shake or tremble ★★★☆☆

## Jukugo

地震(じしん) | earthquake ★★★☆☆ FP 地 (area) + 震 (shake, tremble) = 地震 (earthquake)

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
雷 | lightning | RICE FIELD | 田
震 | shake, tremble | PAYBACK |
雲 | cloud | MOOCOW | ム
曇 | get cloudy | SUN | 日

Lightning hits the RICE FIELD so near

PAYBACK makes me tremble with fear

Cloud hovers over a MOOCOW,

but when the SUN is hidden behind clouds, it gets more cloudy.