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
神圣
shénshèng
sacred; holy; solemn
Characters in this word
圣 shèng
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 在许多文化中，誓言被视为神圣而不可随意背弃。 Zài xǔduō wénhuà zhōng, shìyán bèi shìwéi shénshèng ér bù kě suíyì bèiqì. In many cultures, an oath is regarded as sacred and not to be broken casually.
- 医生们认为救死扶伤是一项神圣的职责。 Yīshēngmen rènwéi jiùsǐfúshāng shì yī xiàng shénshèng de zhízé. Doctors believe that saving lives is a sacred duty.
- 对她来说，婚姻是非常神圣的事情。 Duì tā láishuō, hūnyīn shì fēicháng shénshèng de shìqing. For her, marriage is something very sacred.
Related words
- 精神 jīngshén spirit
- 精神 jīngshen energetic
- 神话 shénhuà myth
- 神秘 shénmì mysterious
- 神 shén god
- 神经 shénjīng nerve
- 神奇 shénqí amazing; magical
- 神情 shénqíng facial expression
- 出神 chūshén to be lost in thought; entranced
- 精神病 jīngshénbìng mental illness; psychiatric disorder
- 聚精会神 jùjīnghuìshén to concentrate fully; with rapt attention
- 留神 liúshén to take care; to watch out