神
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Translingual
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Han character
神 (Kangxi radical 113, 示+5, 10 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 9 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 戈火中田中 (IFLWL), four-corner 35206, composition ⿰礻申(GHTJV) or ⿰示申(K or U+FA19
))
Derived characters
- 榊, 𨕫, 鰰, 䨩, 𥔻, 䗝, 𬷫
References
- KangXi: page 842, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24673
- Dae Jaweon: page 1261, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2392, character 1
- Unihan data for U+795E
- Unihan data for U+FA19
Chinese
simp. and trad. | 神 | |
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alternative forms | 𥙍 𥛠 |
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 神 | ||
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Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script |
Old Chinese | |
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電 | *l'iːns |
胂 | *l̥ʰin, *hlin |
申 | *hlin |
伸 | *hlin |
呻 | *hlin |
紳 | *hlin |
眒 | *hlin, *hlins |
柛 | *hlin |
訷 | *hlin |
抻 | *hlins |
神 | *hlin |
朄 | *lins |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *hlin) : semantic 示 (“god; deity”) + phonetic 申 (OC *hlin, “lightning”).
Originally 申 in the oracle bone script and in some bronze inscriptions. The ancients feared the unpredictable lightning and considered it to be divine or of divine origin. 示 was added for specialization.
Etymology 1
Possibly Sino-Tibetan; compare Chepang ग्लीङ्ह (gliŋh, “spirit, mind, soul”) (Schuessler, 2007)
Pronunciation
Definitions
神
- (religion) god; deity; spirit
- 神位 ― shénwèi ― spirit tablet
- 財神/财神 ― cáishén ― god of wealth
- 死神 ― sǐshén ― god of death
- 守護神/守护神 ― shǒuhùshén ― tutelary deity
- 無神論/无神论 ― wúshénlùn ― atheism
- 一神教 ― yīshénjiào ― monotheism
- 子不語怪、力、亂、神。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE
- Zǐ bù yǔ guài, lì, luàn, shén. [Pinyin]
- Confucius does not speak about strange phenomenon, violence, rebellion, and spirits.
子不语怪、力、乱、神。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- 西方有神,名曰佛。 [Literary Chinese, trad. and simp.]
- From: The Book of the Later Han, circa 5th century CE
- Xīfāng yǒu shén, míng yuē Fó. [Pinyin]
- In the west there is a deity, they call him Buddha.
- (Protestantism, specifically) God
- 神說:「要有光」,就有了光。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 新標點和合本/新标点和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 創世記 (Genesis) 1:3
- Shén shuō: “Yào yǒu guāng”, jiù yǒu le guāng. [Pinyin]
- And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
神说:“要有光”,就有了光。 [MSC, simp.]
- spirit; soul; mind
- expression; countenance; appearance
- supernatural; magic; psychic
- extraordinary; unbelievable; sublime
- a surname. Shen
Synonyms
- (god):
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Protestant | 上帝, 神, 真神 |
Roman Catholic | 天主, 僚氏 Hokkien, historical |
Eastern Orthodox | 上帝 |
Compounds
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Descendants
- → Japanese: 神 (shin)
- → Korean: 신(神) (sin)
- → Vietnamese: thần (神)
Others:
- → Chadong: sən²
Pronunciation
Definitions
神
- Only used in 神荼 (Shēnshū).
References
- “神”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學/香港中文大学 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Shinjitai | 神 | |
Kyūjitai [1] | 神 神 or 神+ ︀ ? | |
神󠄀 神+ 󠄀 ?(Adobe-Japan1) | ||
神󠄃 神+ 󠄃 ?(Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) | ||
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Kanji
(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 神)
Readings
- Go-on: じん (jin, Jōyō)
- Kan-on: しん (shin, Jōyō)
- Kun: かみ (kami, 神, Jōyō); かん (kan, 神, Jōyō †)←かん (kan, historical)←かむ (kamu, ancient); こう (kō, 神, Jōyō †)←かう (kau, historical)
- Nanori: か (ka); かむ (kamu); きよ (kiyo); しの (shino); たる (taru); みわ (miwa)
Compounds
- 神荼 (Shinto)
- 神楽 (kagura)
- 神籬 (himorogi)
- 神子 (miko)
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term |
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神 |
かみ Grade: 3 |
kun’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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神 (kyūjitai) |
⟨kami2⟩ → */kamɨ/ → /kami/
From Old Japanese, ultimately from Proto-Japonic *kamuy.
Not related to 上 (kami1 → kami, “top, upper”) or 髪 (kami, “hair”). Possibly cognate with Korean 검 (geom, “god, spirit”).
Often appears in compounds as kamu- or kan-, indicating that kami is a bound or fused form deriving from */kamu.i/. Note that this final i may be the Old Japanese emphatic nominative particle い (i), likely cognate with Korean nominative particle 이 (i). Such fusion has occurred in other Japanese terms, such as 目 (me, “eye”, from ma + i) or 酒 (sake, “sake, liquor”, from saka + i).
Compare Ainu カムィ (kamuy, “god”).
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) かみ [káꜜmì] (Atamadaka – [1])[2][3]
- IPA(key): [ka̠mʲi]
Noun
神 • (kami)
- (Shinto) a spirit or an essence present in all things, the main subject of worship of Shinto
- (by extension, religion) a deity, god
- (by extension) thunder
- a Shinto shrine
- a person of outstanding talent or skill
- (Internet slang, attributive) something amazing; great; fantastic; awesome
- 神曲 ― kamikyoku ― amazing song
- 神ゲー ― kamigē ― amazing game
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:神.
Derived terms
- 神さびる (kamisabiru), 神さびる (kansabiru)
- 神降ろし (kamioroshi)
- 神風 (kamikaze)
- 神気 (kamike)
- 神事 (kamigoto)
- 神様 (kamisama)
- 神棚 (kamidana)
- 神殿 (kandono)
- 随神 (kannagara)
- 神無月 (kannazuki)
- 雷 (kaminari)
- 神主 (kannushi)
- 神戸 (Kōbe)
- 神業 (kamiwaza)
- 犬神 (inugami)
- 氏神 (ujigami)
- 狼 (ōkami)
- 男神 (otokogami)
- 祖神 (oyagami)
- 式神 (shikigami)
- 皇神 (suberagami)
- 付喪神 (tsukumogami)
- 鳴る神 (narukami)
- 女神 (megami)
- 八百万の神 (yaoyorozu no kami)
- 疫病神 (yakubyōgami)
- 大御神 (ōmikami)
Descendants
- → English: kami
Proper noun
神 • (Kami)
- (Christianity) God
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:神.
See also
- 精霊 (seirei)
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term |
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神 |
しん Grade: 3 |
kan’on |
Alternative spelling |
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神 (kyūjitai) |
From Middle Chinese 神 (MC ʑiɪn). The 漢音 (kan'on, literally “Han sound”) reading, so likely a later borrowing from Middle Chinese.
Compare modern Mandarin 神 (shén).
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) しん [shíꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[3]
- IPA(key): [ɕĩɴ]
Noun
神 • (shin)
- (religion) a deity, god, kami
- a mysterious or incomprehensible force, compare English act of God
- a mind, soul, spirit
- Short for 神道 (shintō): Shinto
Derived terms
- 神具 (shingu)
- 神仏 (shinbutsu)
Affix
神 • (shin)
- deity, god, kami
- mysterious or incomprehensible force
- mind, soul, spirit
- Short for 神道 (shintō): Shinto
- Short for 神戸 (Kōbe, “Kōbe (a city in Japan)”).
- 阪神 (hanshin)
Derived terms
- 神意 (shin'i)
- 神威 (shin'i)
- 神韻 (shin'in)
- 神火 (shinka)
- 神格 (shinkaku)
- 神学 (shingaku)
- 神官 (shinkan)
- 神気 (shinki)
- 神曲 (shinkyoku)
- 神経 (shinkei)
- 神権 (shinken)
- 神魂 (shinkon)
- 神札 (shinsatsu)
- 神事 (shinji)
- 神主 (shinshu)
- 神酒 (shinshu)
- 神式 (shinshiki)
- 神水 (shinsui)
- 神髄 (shinzui)
- 神聖 (shinsei)
- 神仙 (shinsen)
- 神像 (shinzō)
- 神体 (shintai)
- 神託 (shintaku)
- 神殿 (shinden)
- 神道 (shintō)
- 神罰 (shinbatsu)
- 神秘 (shinpi)
- 神父 (shinpu)
- 神木 (shinboku)
- 神明 (shinmei)
- 神雷 (shinrai)
- 神霊 (shinrei)
- 神話 (shinwa)
- 軍神 (gunshin)
- 守護神 (shugoshin)
- 祖神 (soshin)
- 半神 (hanshin)
- 阪神 (Hanshin)
Etymology 3
Kanji in this term |
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神 |
じん Grade: 3 |
goon |
Alternative spelling |
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神 (kyūjitai) |
From Middle Chinese 神 (MC ʑiɪn).
The 呉音 (goon, literally “Wu sound”) reading, so likely the earlier borrowing from Middle Chinese.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [(d͡)ʑĩɴ]
Noun
神 • (jin)
- (rare) Same as しん (shin) above
Affix
神 • (jin)
- deity, god, kami
- mysterious or incomprehensible force
Derived terms
- 神器 (jinki), 神器 (jingi)
- 神宮 (jingū)
- 神事 (jinji)
- 神社 (jinja)
- 神通 (jinzū)
- 火神 (kajin)
- 水神 (suijin)
- 天神 (tenjin)
- 土神 (dojin)
- 風神 (fūjin)
- 雷神 (raijin)
- 竜神 (ryūjin)
Etymology 4
Kanji in this term |
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神 |
み Grade: 3 |
irregular |
Alternative spellings |
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神 (kyūjitai) 霊 |
⟨mi1⟩ → */mʲi/ → /mi/
From Old Japanese.
Cognate with 御 (mi-), an honorific prefix originally used to refer to gods and other high-status objects.
Noun
神 • (mi)
- (rare) a god or spirit
Derived terms
- 神輿 (mikoshi)
- 海神 (watatsumi)
References
- “神”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia) (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 神 (MC ʑiɪn). Recorded as Middle Korean 신 (sin) (Yale: sin) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
Wikisource神 (eumhun 귀신 신 (gwisin sin))
- Hanja form? of 신 (“ghost; spirit; phantom; god”).
Compounds
- 신경 (神經, sin'gyeong)
- 신기 (神奇, sin'gi, “mysterious”)
- 신령 (神靈, sillyeong, “gods; deities; divinities”)
- 신비 (神祕, sinbi, “mystery”)
- 신선 (神仙, sinseon, “celestial or divine being; an immortal”)
- 신성 (神聖, sinseong, “holiness, sacredness”)
- 신점 (神占, sinjeom, “divination”)
- 신화 (神話, sinhwa, “A myth or legend.”)
- 귀신 (鬼神, gwisin, “ghost, spirit”)
- 실신 (失神, silsin, “faint”)
- 정신 (精神, jeongsin, “mind; consciousness; pneuma; psyche”)
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.
Okinawan
Kanji
(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 神)
Readings
- On: しん (shin)
- Kun: かみ (kami, 神)
Etymology
Kanji in this term |
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神 |
かみ Grade: 3 |
kun’yomi |
From Proto-Ryukyuan *kami.
Pronunciation
- (Shuri-Naha) かみ [kàmí] (Heiban - [0])
- IPA(key): [kamʲi]
Noun
神 (hiragana かみ, rōmaji kami)
- a spirit or an essence present in all things
- a god, deity
References
Old Japanese
Compounds
- 神酒 (mi1ki1), 神酒 (mi1wa)
Etymology 1
From Proto-Japonic *kamuy.
Can be parsed as a compound of unbound apophonic 神 (kamu) + い (i(2), emphatic nominative particle).
Noun
神 (kami2) (kana かみ)
- a spirit or an essence present in all things
- a god, deity
- (by extension) an Emperor or Empress regnant of Japan
- an evil spirit, such as a snake or wild beast
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:神.
Derived terms
- 神さぶ (kamusabu)
- 神しむ (kamusimu)
- 神ぶ (kamubu)
- 神風 (kami2kaze, kamukaze)
- 随神 (kamunagara)
- 神無月 (kami2naduki2, kamunaduki2)
- 神の命 (kami2 no2 mi1ko2to2)
- 神宮 (kamumi1ya)
- 天つ神 (ama tu kami2)
- 大神 (opokami2)
- 大御神 (opomi1kami1)
- 國つ神 (kuni tu kami2)
- 皇神 (sume1kami2)
- 鳴る神 (narukami2)
- 火の神 (pi2 no2 kami2, pono2kami2)
- 八百萬の神 (yapoyo2ro2du no2 kami2)
Descendants
- Japanese: 神 (kami)
Etymology 2
Cognate with 御 (mi1-), an honorific prefix originally used to refer to gods and other high-status objects.
Alternative forms
- 靈
Noun
神 (mi1) (kana み)
- (rare) a god or spirit
Derived terms
- 山祇 (yamatumi1)
- 海神 (watatumi1)
Descendants
- Japanese: 神, 霊 (mi)
Vietnamese
Han character
神: Hán Việt readings: thần[1][2][3]
神: Nôm readings: thần[1][2], thằn[1], thườn[3]
- chữ Hán form of thần (“deity”).
References
- Nguyễn (2014).
- Nguyễn et al. (2009).
- Trần (2004).