山神

Chinese

		mountain; hill	God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
simp. and trad. (山神)		山	神
anagram		神山

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shānshén

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ ㄕㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saan¹ san⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shānshén
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ ㄕㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shanshén
    • Wade–Giles: shan¹-shên²
    • Yale: shān-shén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanshern
    • Palladius: шаньшэнь (šanʹšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵ ʂən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
    • Jyutping: saan¹ san⁴
    • Yale: sāan sàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saan¹ san⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: san¹ sen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn⁵⁵ sɐn²¹/

Noun

山神

1. mountain deity

Synonyms

• (literary) 山君 (shānjūn)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
山	神
やま Grade: 1	かみ > がみ Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
山神 (kyūjitai)

Kanji in this term
山	神
さん Grade: 1	じん Grade: 3
kan'on	goon

Alternative spelling
山神 (kyūjitai)

Noun

山(やま)神(がみ) or 山(さん)神(じん) • (yamagami or sanjin) 

1. deity of a mountain
2. deities and spirits which dwell in the mountains

References

• “〈山神〉”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja in this term
山	神

Noun

山神 • (sansin) (hangeul 산신)

1. hanja form^? of 산신 (“Sansin”)