(shén) - god, deity, spirit in Mandarin
shénTraditional: 神
Translation
god, deity, spirit
Word origin
神 (shén) is a phono-semantic compound of 礻, the altar or spirit radical, and 申 (shēn) as the phonetic. The altar radical signals the religious sense, giving 'god', 'deity' or 'spirit'.
- Origin
- phono-semantic compound
- Root
- 礻(altar/spirit radical) + 申 (shēn, phonetic)
Stroke order
神
Examples
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They believe in god.
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There are many gods in this story.
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Her skills are simply god-like.
佑。
She believes a god is protecting her.
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He believes there is a god in heaven.
神 (shén) means god, deity, spirit. It is used as a noun in everyday Mandarin speech.
Where this fits
Appears in 3 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 神.
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