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U+795E, 神
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-795E

[U+795D]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+795F]
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U+FA19, 神
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA19

[U+FA18]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs
[U+FA1A]

Translingual

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Han character

(Kangxi radical 113, +5, 10 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 9 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 戈火中田中 (IFLWL), four-corner 35206, composition (GHTJV) or (K or U+FA19))

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 842, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24673
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1261, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2392, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+795E
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 神, Western Zhou ...

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *hlin): semantic (god; deity) + phonetic (OC *hlin, lightning).

Originally in the oracle bone script and in some bronze inscriptions. The ancients feared the unpredictable lightning and considered it to be divine or of divine origin. was added for specialization.

Etymology 1

Possibly Sino-Tibetan; compare Chepang ग्‍लीङ्‌ह (gliŋh, spirit, mind, soul) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation


Note: sêng5 - Jieyang.

  • Dialectal data
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Definitions

  1. (religion) god; deity; spirit
       shénwèi   spirit tablet
       cáishén   god of wealth
       shén   god of death
    守護守护   shǒuhùshén   tutelary deity
       shénlùn   atheism
       shénjiào   monotheism
    1. (Protestantism, specifically) God
  2. spirit; soul; mind
       hàoshén   to consume one's energy
  3. expression; countenance; appearance
       yǎnshén   expression in one's eyes
  4. supernatural; magic; psychic
       shén   wizard; sorcerer
  5. extraordinary; unbelievable; sublime
       shéntóng   child prodigy
  6. (dialectal) smart; clever
    小孩兒 [MSC, trad.]
    小孩儿 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhè xiǎohái'ér tài shén le. [Pinyin]
    This kid is really smart.
  7. (neologism) godlike, awesome, amazing
    走位   shén zǒuwèi   godlike movement
    回覆   shén huífù   awesome reply
    操作   shén cāozuò   amazing handling
  8. a surname, Shen
  9. (neologism, Internet slang) Sinophobe of Chinese nationality
Synonyms
  • (god):

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: (しん) (shin)
  • Korean: 신(神) (sin)
  • Vietnamese: thần ()

Others:

Etymology 2

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. only used in 神荼 (Shēnshū)

References

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Korean

Okinawan

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Vietnamese

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