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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
- —神鹿deer raised upon the grounds of a shrine (who serve as messengers of the gods)
- —神采surpassing looks; exceptional appearance; mind and appearance
- —花神god of flowers; flower spirit
- —河神guardian deity of rivers; river god
- —歌神god of waka; god of song; muse
- —行神god who protects the roads; traveler's guardian deity
- —神鬼gods and demons; divine spirits and souls of the dead; one with (spiritual) power beyond that of humans; fierce god
- —神境grounds of a Shinto shrine; enchanted land; abode of immortals and gods
- —神農Shennong; mythical king of ancient China
- —名神area including Nagoya and Kobe
- —神恩divine blessing
- —神幸transferring a shintai in a portable shrine, e.g. to another shrine or to a ceremony
- —神事Shinto ritual
- —神紋shrine crest; shrine emblem
- —祖神ancestor worshipped as a deity
- —神壇altar
- —神王god king; god-king; guardian deity
- —神命divine command; heaven's will
- —愛神god of love; goddess of love
- —美神god of beauty; goddess of beauty; Venus