关东地震 guān dōng dì zhèn

1923 Great Kanto earthquake in Japan

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. Kantō earthquake of 1923, magnitude 8.2, that killed 200,000 people in the Tokyo area

Characters

Character Meaning
关 guān HSK 1
to close; to shut; to turn off
东 dōng HSK 1
east; surname Dong
地 dì HSK 3
ground; land; adverb marker -ly
震 zhèn HSK 5
shocked; to shake; to quake