Kanji1 / 9
神 kanji
gods, mind, soul
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
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シンジン
Kun readings
かみかん-こう-
Variant forms
神Words with 神
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —神経元neuron
- —唯一神God (in monotheism)
- —女神散nyoshin-san (herbal medicine)
- —阪神間area between Osaka and Kobe (Amagasaki, Nishinomiya, Ashiya)
- —母神像mother goddess figure; goddess statue
- —邪神像statue of an evil god; idol of a malevolent deity; poorly-made or grotesque-looking figure (of a character); cursed figure
- —神道集Shintoshu (14th century Japanese Shinto text)
- —巨神兵God Warrior (fictional beings in Hayao Miyazaki's manga Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind)
- —神聖性sacredness; sanctity; holiness; divinity
- —運動神経motor nerve; reflexes; athletic ability; motor coordination
- —怪力乱神supernatural things; unnatural phenomena; spirits and demons
- —系統神学systematic theology
- —交感神経sympathetic nerve
- —神経ガスnerve gas; nerve agent
- —神経科医neurologist
- —神経衰弱neurasthenia; nervous breakdown; concentration; memory; matching pairs
- —神出鬼没appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; elusive; phantom
- —神道信者Shintoist; follower of Shintoism
- —精神衛生mental health; mental hygiene
- —単一神教henotheism