Chinese Character 神 Meanings and components.

Form

神

Meaning

神 meaning[3] in English

God.

Abbr. For 神舟[Shen2 Zhou1].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 神 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (礻) , and old name for … (申)

Its radical[1] is: 示 (shi4) which means: To Show, To Reveal, .示shi4to show

In cangjie it is written with IFLWL

How to write 神

To write神shen2God you should write a combination of 礻shi4 , 申shen1old name … arranged in a 吅 shape:

礻 + 申 = 神

神 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 神 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 神, looks as follow:

神
Pinyin:shen2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: God . Abbr. For 神舟[Shen2 Zhou1]
礻
Pinyin:shi4
申
Pinyin:shen1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Old Name For Shanghai 上海[Shang4 Hai3] . Surname Shen
曰
Pinyin:yue1
Meaning[3]: To Speak . To Say
丨
Pinyin:gun3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 2)

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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