しん

See also: じん

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of しん – see the following entries.

【神】3

[noun] (religion) a deity, god, kami

[noun] a mysterious or incomprehensible force, compare English act of God

[noun] a mind, soul, spirit

[noun] Short for 神道 (shintō): Shinto

[affix] deity, god, kami

[affix] mysterious or incomprehensible force

[affix] mind, soul, spirit

[affix] Short for 神道 (shintō): Shinto

[affix] Short for 神戸 (Kōbe, “Kōbe (a city in Japan)”).

【心】2

[noun] a heart, mind, core

[noun] a spirit, vitality

[noun] inner strength, marrow

[noun] the center of something:

[noun] 心, 芯: the core (for example, of a fruit)

[noun] This term needs a translation to English.

[noun] 心, 芯: a wick

[noun] (Buddhism) citta: the ego or spirit

[noun] This term needs a translation to English.

[noun] the heart as an organ in the body

[noun] lead (as of a pencil)

[noun] padding

[noun] a companion, fellow

[noun] the center of focus:

[noun] the important part

[noun] This term needs a translation to English.

[noun] a basis, foundation

[affix] Short for 心臓 (shinzō): heart as an organ in the body

[affix] Short for 心頭 (shintō): heart, mind, spirit

[affix] Short for 中心 (chūshin): center, middle

[proper noun] (Chinese astronomy) the Heart constellation, one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions

[proper noun] a male or female given name

[proper noun] a surname

Alternative spelling
芯

【新】2

[noun] a novelty

[noun] Short for 新暦 (shinreki): the Gregorian calendar

[noun] This term needs a translation to English.

[noun] This term needs a translation to English.

[noun] This term needs a translation to English.

[prefix] neo-

[prefix] attached to the title of a fiction work to mean “new storyline”, to distinguish it from older works

[prefix] attached to the title of a fiction adaptation to mean “remake”, to distinguish it from older adaptations

[proper noun] (historical) the Xin dynasty (8–23 CE)

[proper noun] a placename

[proper noun] a surname

[proper noun] a male or female given name

【親】2	[prefix] pro- (supportive of) Alternative spelling 祖

【真】3	[noun] truth, reality [affix] truth, reality, genuineness [affix] natural, pristine [affix] complete, wholly [affix] regular script (楷書, kaisho) [affix] (logic) a true statement [proper noun] a surname [proper noun] a female given name

【芯】S	[noun] core, heart [noun] pencil lead [noun] wick

【信】4	[noun] trust, faith

【身】3	[noun] a body

【臣】4	[noun] vassal, subject [pronoun] (humble, historical or archaic) I, me; your servant (humble pronoun, especially when speaking to a monarch)

【辛】S	[proper noun] the eighth of the ten heavenly stems

【参】4	[affix] jagged, uneven [affix] carrot, ginseng [proper noun] (Chinese astronomy) the Three Stars constellation, one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions

(This term, しん, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as しん, see Category:Japanese kanji read as しん.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 森, 津.)

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