神
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god; deity; supernatural; magical; mysterious; spirit; mind; energy; lively; expressive; look; expression; (coll.) awesome; amazing
- HSK 3.0
- Level 3
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 示 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 神
- Common rank
- #92
- Unicode
- U+795E
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
gods · Heisig RSH #920
altar + monkey
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 神
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 心神不安 | to feel ill at ease | |
| 神学家 | theologian | |
| 大神 | deity; (Internet slang) guru; expert; whiz | |
| 神人 | God; deity | |
| 山神 | mountain god | |
| 神山 | sacred mountain | |
| 大力神 | Heracles (Greek mythology); Hercules (Roman mythology) | |
| 水神 | river God | |
| 神学 | theological; theology | |
| 心神 | mind; state of mind; attention; (Chinese medicine) psychic constitution | |
| 天神 | god; deity | |
| 神马 | mythical horse; Internet slang for 什麼|什么[shen2 me5] | |
| 神性 | divinity | |
| 海神 | Emperor of the Sea; Neptune | |
| 神化 | to make divine; apotheosis | |
| 神经生物学 | neurobiology | |
| 安神 | to calm (soothe) the nerves; to relieve uneasiness of body and mind | |
| 神经学家 | neurologist | |
| 神气 | expression; manner; vigorous; impressive; lofty; pretentious | |
| 分神 | to give some attention to; to divert one's attention; to be distracted |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 申 — compare how they read.