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Kanji Detail for 神 - "god, spirit, divine"

神

  • Meaning

    神 means "god, spirit, divine."

    1. God - A divine being; the supreme creator of all things; heavenly deity.

    2. Divine - Having supernatural powers beyond human comprehension; spiritual workings.

    3. Spirit - The soul; the spiritual essence; the heart and mind.

    4. Supreme - Extremely excellent; most noble and sacred.

  • Words using 神

    • 精神 せいしん Listen mind; spirit; soul
    • 阪神 はんしん Listen Osaka-Kobe; Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)
    • 神社 じんじゃ Listen Shinto shrine
    • 神経 しんけい Listen nerve; nerves; sensitivity
    • 精神的 せいしんてき Listen mental; spiritual; emotional
    • 神宮 じんぐう Listen high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family; imperial Shinto shrine; Ise Grand Shrine
    • 神話 しんわ Listen myth; mythology
    • 神様 かみさま Listen God; god; deity

  • Four-character idioms with 神

    • 心神耗弱 しんしんこうじゃく Listen diminished capacity; diminished responsibility
    • 四神相応 しじんそうおう Listen an ideal topography for the four Taoist gods, with a river in the east, a broad avenue in the west, a basin in the south, and a hill in the north
    • 天佑神助 てんゆうしんじょ Listen divine grace; God's help
    • 天地神明 てんちしんめい Listen the gods of heaven and earth
    • 天神地祇 てんしんちぎ Listen gods of heaven and earth
    • 怪力乱神 かいりょくらんしん Listen supernatural things; unnatural phenomena; spirits and demons

  • Tattoo check: 神

    • Verified meaning: god, spirit, divine
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かうざき, かなざき, かみ, かみさき)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 神

    Given names 神(かん)Listen

    Surnames 神(かうざき)Listen 神(かなざき)Listen 神(かみ)Listen 神(かみさき)Listen 神(かみざき)Listen 神(かみたか)Listen 神(かみむら)Listen 神(かんざき)Listen 神(こう)Listen 神(さん)Listen 神(しん)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    gods; mind; soul

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    spirit, god, supernatural being

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    God

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    god, spirit; divine, mysterious, supernatural

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Heavenly spirits. The counterpart of human ghosts. | What cannot be known is called so. (Mencius) "What is sagely and cannot be known is called divine." | Vital energy is spirit. Such as 精神 (spirit), 神氣 (vigor).

  • Onyomi

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    jin(ジン) ジン

    shin(シン) シン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kami(かみ) かみ

    kan(かん) かん

    kou(こう) こう

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    示 礻 (shimesu・shimesuhen)

  • Related Keywords

    god divine spirit excellence heart mysterious preciousness soul supreme deity angelic belief celestial creator elevated faith heaven holy immortal mystic mythology omnipotent omniscient pantheon religion sacred

Sentences including 神

  • He went as far as kobe by train.

  • I went to kobe by train.

  • How long have you been living in kobe , then?

  • She doesn't believe in god.

  • How long has ken lived in kobe?

  • But born of god.

  • The dream was a mystery to me.

  • There's something mysterious about her.

  • She helped me morally.

  • My brother has just come home from kobe.

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