神

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god; deity; supernatural; magical; mysterious; spirit; mind; energy; lively; expressive; look; expression; (coll.) awesome; amazing

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

礻 (semantic, “spirit”) + 申 (phonetic, shēn)

components: 礻申

gods · Heisig RSH #920

altar + monkey

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 申

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 申 (shēn) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
申 sound component	shēn	to report; to extend; to explain; to declare
审	shěn	to examine, to investigate; to judge; to try
砷	shēn	arsenic
绅	shēn	girdle, tie; gentry; to bend
胂	shèn	arsine
呻	shēn	to moan, to groan; to chant
抻	chēn	to pull

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
心神不安	xīn shén bù ān	to feel ill at ease
神学家	shén xué jiā	theologian
大神	dà shén	deity; (Internet slang) guru; expert; whiz
神人	shén rén	God; deity
山神	shān shén	mountain god
神山	shén shān	sacred mountain
大力神	Dà lì shén	Heracles (Greek mythology); Hercules (Roman mythology)
水神	shuǐ shén	river God
神学	shén xué	theological; theology
心神	xīn shén	mind; state of mind; attention; (Chinese medicine) psychic constitution
天神	tiān shén	god; deity
神马	shén mǎ	mythical horse; Internet slang for 什麼\|什么[shen2 me5]
神性	shén xìng	divinity
海神	hǎi shén	Emperor of the Sea; Neptune
神化	shén huà	to make divine; apotheosis
神经生物学	shén jīng shēng wù xué	neurobiology
安神	ān shén	to calm (soothe) the nerves; to relieve uneasiness of body and mind
神经学家	shén jīng xué jiā	neurologist
神气	shén qì	expression; manner; vigorous; impressive; lofty; pretentious
分神	fēn shén	to give some attention to; to divert one's attention; to be distracted