神 shén
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 礻 — spirit
- Made of
- 礻 spirit 申 to report
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
神秘
shénmì
mysterious
Characters in this word
秘 mì
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 禾 — cereal, grain, rice
- Made of
- 禾 cereal, grain, rice 必 surely, certainly
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这个人很神秘。 Zhè ge rén hěn shén mì. This person is very mysterious.
- 这里很神秘。 Zhè lǐ hěn shén mì. This place is very mysterious.
- 神秘的门开了。 Shén mì de mén kāi le. The mysterious door opened.