地震 dìzhèn▶ động đất

Stroke order

地震 is written in 21 strokes across 2 characters.

• 地 — 6 strokes
• 震 — 15 strokes

Related words

• 土地đất; hạ cánh
• 地位địa vị
• 地区khu vực
• 地毯Thảm
• 地理Địa lý
• 地道đường hầm

地震 is pronounced dìzhèn and means “động đất”. HSK 5 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 地震 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.