Question

振 ふ.る、ぶ.る、ふ.り、-ぶ.り、ふ.るう shake, wave, wag, swing 1 614 10 64 て・てへん 形声 Phonetic Your mother shakes herfinger violently - no, no, no - no Mortal Kombat today! 2011

Accepted Answer

シン ふり 久し振り(ひさしぶり): a long time (since the last time); it's been a while (since I last saw, mailed, etc., you)振興(しんこう): promotion; encouragement不振(ふしん): dullness; depression; slump; stagnation振動(しんどう): oscillation; vibration振り(ふり): (1) swing; shake; wave; swinging (2) appearance; behaviour (3) pretence (pretense); show (4) lacking a reservation or introduction (at a restaurant, etc.) (5) postures (of a dance) (6) unsewn part of a hanging sleeve on a traditional Japanese woman's garment (7) counter for swords, blades, etc.振り返る(ふりかえる): to turn head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to look back振り出し(ふりだし): (1) shaking out (2) throw (of dice); toss (3) drawing; issuing; draft; draught (4) starting point; beginning; outset (5) infusion身振り(みぶり): gesture; gesticulation; motion振る(ふる): (1) to wave; to shake; to swing (2) to sprinkle; to throw (dice) (3) to cast (actor); to allocate (work) (4) to turn down (somebody); to reject; to jilt; to dump (5) to abandon; to give up; to ruin (6) to add kana indicating a reading of a word (7) to slightly change headings; to change directions (8) to extract by broiling; to prepare an infusion of; to decoct (9) to carry with great vigor (e.g. a portable shrine) (10) to bring up the main topic (11) to replace; to substitute (12) to set up a joke for somebody else振る舞う(ふるまう): (1) to behave; to conduct oneself (2) to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)振り(ぶり): (1) style; manner (2) after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year)振り仮名(ふりがな): furigana (kana over or beside kanji to indicate pronunciation)振り向く(ふりむく): to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder S 手: hand辰: sign of the dragon; 7-9AM; fifth sign of Chinese zodiac; shin dragon radical (no. 161) 手 4 (none) shake If you're talking to someone and notice that theirfingers are starting to shake, it's often a sign of the dragon being behind you where the other person can see him coming.

Kanji	振
Onyomi	シン
Kunyomi	ふ.る、ぶ.る、ふ.り、-ぶ.り、ふ.るう
Nanori	ふり
English	shake, wave, wag, swing
Examples	久し振り(ひさしぶり): a long time (since the last time); it's been a while (since I last saw, mailed, etc., you) 振興(しんこう): promotion; encouragement 不振(ふしん): dullness; depression; slump; stagnation 振動(しんどう): oscillation; vibration 振り(ふり): (1) swing; shake; wave; swinging (2) appearance; behaviour (3) pretence (pretense); show (4) lacking a reservation or introduction (at a restaurant, etc.) (5) postures (of a dance) (6) unsewn part of a hanging sleeve on a traditional Japanese woman's garment (7) counter for swords, blades, etc. 振り返る(ふりかえる): to turn head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to look back 振り出し(ふりだし): (1) shaking out (2) throw (of dice); toss (3) drawing; issuing; draft; draught (4) starting point; beginning; outset (5) infusion 身振り(みぶり): gesture; gesticulation; motion 振る(ふる): (1) to wave; to shake; to swing (2) to sprinkle; to throw (dice) (3) to cast (actor); to allocate (work) (4) to turn down (somebody); to reject; to jilt; to dump (5) to abandon; to give up; to ruin (6) to add kana indicating a reading of a word (7) to slightly change headings; to change directions (8) to extract by broiling; to prepare an infusion of; to decoct (9) to carry with great vigor (e.g. a portable shrine) (10) to bring up the main topic (11) to replace; to substitute (12) to set up a joke for somebody else 振る舞う(ふるまう): (1) to behave; to conduct oneself (2) to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony) 振り(ぶり): (1) style; manner (2) after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year) 振り仮名(ふりがな): furigana (kana over or beside kanji to indicate pronunciation) 振り向く(ふりむく): to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	614
Components	手: hand 辰: sign of the dragon; 7-9AM; fifth sign of Chinese zodiac; shin dragon radical (no. 161)
Number of Strokes	10
Kanji Radical	手
Radical Number	64
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	て・てへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	shake
Koohii Story 1	Your mother shakes herfinger violently - no, no, no - no Mortal Kombat today!
Koohii Story 2	If you're talking to someone and notice that theirfingers are starting to shake, it's often a sign of the dragon being behind you where the other person can see him coming.
RTK Index	2011

Turn One's Sign Shake Swing Wave Throw Starting