震源 (しんげん) — hypocentre (of an earthquake), hypocenter, focus | MojiMori

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震しん源げん hypocentre (of an earthquake)

2 characters 漢語 kango 漢語 (kango) — Sino-Japanese compound: all kanji use on'yomi (Chinese-derived) readings. noun

shingen

しんげん

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Meanings

hypocentre (of an earthquake)
hypocenter
focus

Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

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Words with 震 (10)

地(じ)震(しん) jishin earthquake 耐(たい)震(しん) taishin earthquake resistant 震(しん)災(さい) shinsai earthquake disaster 震(ふる)える furueru to tremble 大(だい)震(しん)災(さい) daishinsai great earthquake disaster 震(しん)度(ど) shindo seismic intensity 余(よ)震(しん) yoshin aftershock 微(び)震(しん) bishin slight earthquake

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Words with 源 (16)

資(し)源(げん) shigen resources 源(みなもと) minamoto source 財(ざい)源(げん) zaigen financial resources 電(でん)源(げん) dengen power source 起(き)源(げん) kigen origin 根(こん)源(げん) kongen root 源(げん)泉(せん) gensen source 音(おん)源(げん) ongen sound source

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