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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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On readings
シンジン
Kun readings
かみかん-こう-
Variant forms
神Words with 神
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —神権divine right (e.g. of kings)
- —神橋sacred bridge
- —神職Shinto priest; Shinto priesthood
- —神璽Imperial regalia (esp. the jewel Yasakani no Magatama); emperor's seal
- —神韻exceptional artistry
- —神鏡divine mirror; sacred mirror (one of the three sacred treasures)
- —神饌food and alcohol offering to the gods
- —牧神god of shepherds, herdsmen, flocks and herds; Pan; Faunus
- —心神mind
- —色神sense of color; sense of colour
- —敬神piety; reverence
- —降神spiritualism; spiritism
- —神勅oracle
- —神祐heavenly protection; divine help
- —神具votive objects for a home shrine; ritual article
- —西神(in the) Kobe area
- —神田field affiliated with a shrine (the tax-exempt proceeds of its harvest going to pay for shrine operations)
- —神獣divine beast
- —神別clans supposedly descended from the gods
- —神族family of gods; clan of gods; tribe of gods