Read Edit View history Discussion 神 shén HSK3 spirit Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 礻 represents the meaning and 申 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas shén ×shen × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 礻 is a component form of 示. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 神 Simp strokes 神 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 神 Simp strokes 神 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 神 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 266, 799 ], [ 356, 753 ], [ 385, 716 ] ], [ [ 93, 515 ], [ 140, 503 ], [ 205, 520 ], [ 301, 559 ], [ 348, 555 ], [ 323, 491 ], [ 237, 355 ], [ 146, 250 ], [ 51, 171 ] ], [ [ 281, 373 ], [ 287, 341 ], [ 297, 324 ], [ 297, 220 ], [ 285, 74 ], [ 291, 25 ] ], [ [ 351, 399 ], [ 420, 354 ], [ 437, 319 ] ], [ [ 445, 551 ], [ 472, 531 ], [ 491, 504 ], [ 523, 330 ], [ 544, 273 ] ], [ [ 488, 550 ], [ 523, 539 ], [ 781, 583 ], [ 836, 572 ], [ 862, 544 ], [ 831, 407 ], [ 809, 338 ], [ 811, 309 ] ], [ [ 564, 426 ], [ 715, 449 ], [ 746, 451 ], [ 768, 445 ] ], [ [ 559, 306 ], [ 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291 538 268 L 539 267 Q 555 263 555 292 Q 555 296 554 299 L 551 326 Q 547 342 542 358 Q 523 479 519 514 Q 519 517 518 519 C 515 537 509 539 481 551 Z", "M 772 320 Q 788 296 805 289 Q 815 282 831 303 Q 846 330 875 474 Q 884 507 908 533 Q 921 546 909 560 Q 893 578 849 604 Q 833 611 743 594 Q 733 594 690 585 L 641 577 Q 620 576 598 571 Q 534 558 481 551 C 451 547 489 512 518 519 Q 567 532 641 543 L 690 551 Q 721 557 763 561 Q 797 565 808 553 Q 823 537 820 521 Q 796 365 779 353 C 765 329 765 329 772 320 Z", "M 689 426 Q 728 432 763 435 Q 784 438 777 449 Q 767 462 745 468 Q 724 471 689 463 L 641 452 Q 601 443 563 435 Q 548 432 566 418 Q 575 411 595 414 Q 617 418 641 420 L 689 426 Z", "M 689 311 Q 732 318 772 320 C 802 322 805 338 779 353 Q 752 371 695 352 Q 692 352 689 350 L 640 341 Q 594 334 551 326 C 521 321 524 301 554 299 Q 563 298 575 299 Q 608 303 640 306 L 689 311 Z", "M 640 306 Q 636 -4 653 -33 Q 666 -46 675 -27 Q 693 18 689 311 L 689 350 Q 689 390 689 426 L 689 463 Q 689 511 690 551 L 690 585 Q 693 717 713 749 Q 720 764 700 779 Q 678 797 637 807 Q 619 811 608 798 Q 598 791 610 780 Q 638 755 641 721 Q 641 666 641 577 L 641 543 Q 641 501 641 452 L 641 420 Q 641 381 640 341 L 640 306 Z" ] } 9 strokes 神 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 260, 802 ], [ 348, 760 ], [ 396, 703 ] ], [ [ 90, 515 ], [ 145, 504 ], [ 323, 571 ], [ 365, 542 ], [ 210, 321 ], [ 59, 178 ] ], [ [ 276, 378 ], [ 297, 317 ], [ 287, 15 ] ], [ [ 352, 399 ], [ 439, 317 ] ], [ [ 443, 554 ], [ 490, 511 ], [ 538, 272 ] ], [ [ 484, 547 ], [ 788, 583 ], [ 841, 570 ], [ 867, 537 ], [ 802, 293 ] ], [ [ 563, 431 ], [ 774, 447 ] ], [ [ 553, 311 ], [ 781, 337 ] ], [ [ 611, 792 ], [ 676, 750 ], [ 661, -33 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M293,756C313,743 333,725 355,707C365,699 376,695 388,696C396,697 402,702 405,712C408,723 404,739 396,761C391,774 378,787 354,794C300,811 268,813 260,807C256,805 254,799 257,789C259,781 272,771 293,756Z", "M281,381C296,404 313,429 331,457C353,494 380,524 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689,426C689,451 689,451 689,463C689,495 690,525 690,551C690,574 690,574 690,585C690,673 700,728 713,749C718,759 713,769 700,779C685,791 664,801 637,807C625,810 616,806 608,798C602,793 601,788 610,780C628,764 641,744 641,721C641,721 641,625 641,577C641,554 641,554 641,543C641,513 641,483 641,452C641,431 641,431 641,420C641,394 640,368 640,341C640,318 640,318 640,306Z" ] } 9 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.