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神

shén

spirit

Phonosemantic compound. 礻 represents the meaning and 申 represents the sound.

Components
礻 meaning component

礻  Meaning component

shì

  

show

礻 is a component form of 示.

申 sound component

申  Sound component

shēn

  

to extend

Evolution

神 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
神 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
神 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
神 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

神  

shén

spirit, god, supernatural being; deity; soul; spirit; unusual; mysterious; lively; expressive; expression; look; CL:個|个[gè]; (slang) awesome; amazing

神  

Shén

God; abbr. for 神舟[Shén​zhōu]

Most common words with 神
Freq.
Word
Meaning

精神

spirit

神

deity

神经

nerve

神秘

mysterious

神奇

magical

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*Cə.li[n]

zyin

shén

spirit


Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 80.8586% of movies

329th most common character in movies

227th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+795E

Shuowen

“神，天神，引出萬物者也。从示、申。”


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