shēn
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 a kind of jade

Examples

Shēn zì zhǐ yìzhǒng yù, cháng yòngyú rénmíng.
The character shen, a name for jade, often appears in given names.
Tā míngzi yòng le měiyù de shēn zì.
His given name uses the jade character shen.

Tips

usage
A rare character meaning a type of jade. It appears mainly in personal names, chosen for the auspicious 'fine jade' association rather than for everyday vocabulary.

Components

radical
jade
Left side is the jade radical, written like but standing for . It marks the character as a kind of jade.
phonetic
shēn
to state; (here) sound
Right side supplies the sound shēn; the same phonetic appears in and .

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Stroke Order

shēn