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神
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

gods

HSK 5 N2
Society →Religion
shén
シン、ジン
かみ、かん-、こう-
신
Phonosemantic compound. 礻 represents the meaning and 申 represents the sound.
Components
礻 spirit+ 申 express =
神 gods
礻 Meaning component
shì spirit
cult
礻 is a component form of 示.
申 Phonetic component
shēn express
to state to a superior, report
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Notes
Similar Characters
礼 ceremony (jp)社 company祀 sacrifice祁 numerous祆 Ormazda祇 the spirit of the earth祈 supplicate祉 blessings祎 excellent (simp)祓 exorcise祕 confidential (trad)祖 ancestor祗 look祚 throne祛 disperse祜 blessing祠 ancestral temple祢 one's deceased father (simp)祥 propitious祧 an ancestral hall
Historical Evolution
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
Clerical
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
神
Regular
Modern
Chinese
神 [Shén]
God; abbr. for 神舟[Shén​zhōu]
神 [shén]
deity; soul; spirit; unusual; mysterious; lively; expressive; expression; look; CL:個|个[gè]; (slang) awesome; amazing
Japanese
神 かみ 同音

noun

  1. god; deity; divinity; spirit; kami
  2. honorificarchaic Emperor (of Japan)
  3. archaic thunder

n-pref

  1. slang incredible; fantastic; amazing
神 しん 、 じん 同音

noun

  1. spirit; psyche
  2. god; deity; divinity; kami
神 、 霊 み 同音
noun archaic soul; spirit; divine spirit
神 かむ 、 かん 同音
n-pref divine; godly
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
人間は神ほど万能ではない。
Man is not as almighty as God.
Japanese Names
神 かうざき
Kauzaki surname
神 かなざき
Kanazaki surname
神 かみ
Kami surname
神 かみさき
Kamisaki surname
神 かみざき
Kamizaki surname
神 かみたか
Kamitaka surname
神 かみむら
Kamimura surname
神 かん
Kan female given namesurname
神 かんざき
Kanzaki surname
神 こう
Kō surname
神 さん
San surname
神 しん
Shin surname
神 じん
Jin female given namesurname
神 じんじ
Jinji unclassified name
神 みわ
Miwa female given name
CHINESE WORDS (200)
精神 [jīng​shén] #763
spirit
神经 [shén​jīng] #1,825
nerve
神经 [shén​jīng] #1,825
nerve
神秘 [shén​mì] #1,930
mysterious
神奇 [shén​qí] #1,955
magical
眼神 [yǎn​shén] #2,555
expression or emotion showing in one's eyes
神父 [shén​fu] #1,735
Christian priest or clergyman
神马 [shén​mǎ] #2,614
mythical horse
神马 [shén​mǎ] #2,614
mythical horse
神像 [shén​xiàng] #2,232
image of a God
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 安心 [あんしん] #386
peace of mind
⭐ 精神 [せいしん] #1,789
mind
⭐ 神様 [かみさま] #1,951
God
⭐ 精神的 [せいしんてき] #2,875
mental
⭐ 女神 [めがみ] #3,358
goddess
⭐ 雷 [かみなり] #3,583
lightning
⭐ 神経 [しんけい] #3,707
nerve
⭐ 神社 [じんじゃ] #4,634
Shinto shrine
⭐ 神聖 [しんせい] #5,034
holiness
⭐ 神妙 [しんみょう] #5,845
meek
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KOREAN WORDS (48)
신경 #453
nerve
정신 #729
spirit; mind
정신과 #2,873
psychiatry; department of psychiatry
귀신 #3,973
ghost; spirit
신부 #6,154
Father; Catholic priest
정신적 #6,981
being mental
신경외과 #8,188
neurosurgery; department of neurosurgery
신경과 #17,617
neurology; department of neurology
정신병 #19,097
mental illness
신경성 #20,857
being neurological; being neurogenic
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