Memory phrase for the Kanji: 神


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Meaning god, spirit

Pronunciation

SHIN, JIN
kami

Explanation

Left: to show, altar 礻/示 (image of an altar 丁 with sth. 一 on, that is shown), right: say, tell 申 (A mouth 口 with a big "plus" + for the outgoing surplus when talking.)

Mnemonic


 
At the altar we speak humbly to: God!

Radicals

to show, altarThe radical shimesu is a simplification of "to show" 示, which is a pictogram of an altar.
to say, speak (polite)
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 Vocabulary

かみ  god
精神 せいしん  mind, soul, heart, spirit, intention
神話 しんわ  myth, legend
神道 しんとう  Shinto (religion practiced in Japan)
神社 じんじゃ  Shinto shrine
女神 めがみ  goddess
精神科 せいしんか  psychiatry
氏神 うじがみ  patron god, tutelar deity, guardian deity
神様 かみさま  god

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