神 — sin

Parts that make up 神

How 神 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 神 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 示, 申.

Korean example words with 神

• 신의神意 Korean gloss: 신의 뜻
• 제신諸神 Korean gloss: 여러 신
• 신덕神德 Korean gloss: 신의 공덕
• 신역神域 Korean gloss: 신성한 곳
• 신우神佑 Korean gloss: 신의 도움
• 신전神前 Korean gloss: 신령의 앞
• 신통神統 Korean gloss: 신의 계통
• 신혜神惠 Korean gloss: 신의 은혜
• 잡신雜神 Korean gloss: 잡다한 신
• 독신瀆神 Korean gloss: 신을 모독함
• 신험神驗 Korean gloss: 신비한 영험
• 신마神馬 Korean gloss: 신령스러운 말

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 神

• 精神せいしん mind; spirit; soul
• 神かみ god; deity; divinity
• 阪神はんしん Osaka-Kobe; Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)
• 神経しんけい nerve; nerves; sensitivity
• 神社じんじゃ Shinto shrine
• 精神的せいしんてき mental; spiritual; emotional
• 神宮じんぐう high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family; imperial Shinto shrine; Ise Grand Shrine
• 神話しんわ myth; mythology
• 神様かみさま God; god; deity
• 神父しんぷ Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father
• 神楽かぐら kagura; traditional Shinto music and dancing
• 石神しゃくじん stone which is worshipped; image of a god in stone

Characters sharing the phonetic 申

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “신” in Korean.

Other hanja read “신”

Other hanja with radical 示