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震源

震源

Chinese

shake; shock; sign in trigram root; source; origin
simp. and trad.
(震源)

Noun

震源

  1. (seismology) hypocenter

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しん
Grade: S
げん
Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

震源 (hiragana しんげん, romaji shingen)

  1. (seismology) hypocenter
    千葉県北西部 (ちばけんほくせい)震源 (しんげん)とする地震 (じしん)
    Chibaken hokusei o shingen to suru jishin
    an earthquake with a hypocenter in northwestern Chiba Prefecture

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3