申
Shēnshēn HSK4

to extend

申 Shēn frequency
Shanghai place name
an old name for the city of Shanghai

他在申生活了多年，早已把自己当成了一个地道的上海人。

tā zài Shēn shēng​huó le duō nián, zǎo yǐ bǎ zì​jǐ dàng​chéng le yī gè dì​dao de Shàng​hǎi​rén.

Having lived in Shanghai for many years, he has long considered himself a true local.

Shen proper name
a Chinese family name

申先生是这家公司的经理。

Shēn xiān​sheng shì zhè jiā gōng​sī de jīng​lǐ.

Mr. Shen is the manager of this company.

申 shēn
9th earthly branch abbreviation
the ninth of the twelve earthly branches, associated with the monkey, the time 3-5 p.m., the 7th solar month, and the compass point 240°

申时是指下午三点到五点这段时间。

shēn​shí shì zhǐ xià​wǔ sān​diǎn dào wǔ diǎn zhè duàn shí​jiān.

Shenshi refers to the period between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.

extend verb
to extend, stretch, or expand upon a point or meaning

这层含义可以进一步申引。

zhè céng hán​yì kě​yǐ jìn​yī​bù shēn​yǐn.

This meaning can be further extended.

state verb
to state, explain, or report something formally

他在报告中详细申说了这一事件的经过。

tā zài bào​gào zhōng xiáng​xì shēn​shuō le zhè yī shì​jiàn de jīng​guò.

He detailed the course of the event in the report.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,110th most common 131.9 per million
Movie subtitles
1,407th most common 50.3 per million appears in 20% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1.52 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
39.0 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Strokes
5
Unicode
U+7533

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)