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The kanji 神: meaning, readings and stroke order
神
- Meaning
- god, spirit
- On reading
- シン shin、ジン jin
- Kun reading
- かみ kami、かん* kan、こう* kou
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 示 sign
- Level
- Level 3 · grade 3
- Old form
- 神
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- thần
- Japanese
- かみさま。
- Korean
- 신, 신령 (신)
- Chinese
- 神、神明
Readings, words and example sentences
シン shin · on reading
神話
myth
神話の 本を 読みます。
I read a book of myths.
ジン jin · on reading
神社
Shinto shrine
神社で おまいりを します。
I pray at the shrine.
かみ kami · kun reading
神
god
山の 神に おいのりします。
We pray to the god of the mountain.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
Practise writing 神 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 神 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 3 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.