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.)