神 — gods, mind, soul
かみ
神
gods
かみ
U+795E
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #347
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #1200
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
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Meanings
- gods
- mind
- soul
Readings
- On'yomi
- しん shin じん jin
- Kun'yomi
- かみ kami こう kou かん kan
word
かみ ・がみ kami Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
しん ・じん shin On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
神
社
jinja
Shinto shrine
神
話
shinwa
myth
神
学
shingaku
theology
神
父
shinpu
Catholic priest
神
道
shintou
Shinto
神
宮
jinguu
Shinto shrine
天
神
tenjin
heavenly god (also pronounced てんしん)
石
神
shakujin
stone which is worshipped
精
神
seishin
mind
神
経
shinkei
nerve
神
経
質
shinkeishitsu
nervous
無
神
経
mushinkei
insensitive
精
神
的
seishinteki
mental
精
神
科
seishinka
psychiatry
神
秘
shinpi
mystery
神
聖
shinsei
sacred
神
秘
的
shinpiteki
mysterious
精
神
障
害
seishinshougai
mental disorder
阪
神
hanshin
Hanshin (Osaka-Kobe area)
神
殿
shinden
temple
鬼
神
kijin
fierce god
こう kou Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
かん kan Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.
Words by frequency and grade
36 wordsEach dot is a word containing 神: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 14 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.