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神

gods
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingシン、ジン
Kun readingかみ、かん-、こう-
JōyōGrade 3
  1. deity
  2. divinity
  3. spirit
  4. kami

Popular Usage

神社神経精神神様神話

Radicals and components

Radical示spiritComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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altar (示) · monkey · sun (日) · day (日) · stick (丨)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1200

Compound words

神社じんじゃ
Shinto shrine
神経しんけい
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
精神せいしん
mind; spirit; soul; heart; ethos
神様かみさま
God; god; deity; divinity; spirit
神話しんわ
myth; mythology
神輿みこし
mikoshi; portable Shinto shrine carried through the streets during festivals; palanquin; litter; lower back
阪神はんしん
Osaka-Kobe; Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)
氏神うじがみ
patron god; tutelar deity; guardian deity; local deity
女神めがみ
goddess
神学しんがく
theology; divinity
神楽かぐら
kagura; traditional Shinto music and dancing
神官しんかん
(Shinto) priest
神宮じんぐう
high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family; imperial Shinto shrine; Ise Grand Shrine
神業かみわざ
divine work; miracle; superhuman feat; Shinto ritual
神主かんぬし
Shinto priest; chief priest (of a Shinto shrine); Welsh onion
神聖しんせい
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
神殿しんでん
temple; shrine; sanctuary
神童しんどう
child prodigy; infant genius; wonder child
神道しんとう
Shinto; Shintoism
神秘しんぴ
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
神父しんぷ
Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre
神風かみかぜ
divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century); kamikaze
神妙しんみょう
meek; quiet; docile; humble; faithful
鬼神きしん
fierce god

Stroke Order

9 strokes

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