漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
紳: sire, good belt
Also: gentleman
JLPT N111 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
糸 carries the meaning · 申 gives the sound
11 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
シンshin · on'yomi · in compounds
- 紳士しんし
- 紳士的しんしてきgentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred
- 紳士録しんしろくwho's who; directory; social register
- 紳士協定しんしきょうていgentlemen's agreement
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Everything is connected! This radical represents the invisible threads that tie us together—our relationships, the fine "silk" of our words, and the intricate weaving of our personal histories.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
申
Also built on have the honor to (申)
紳 takes the 申 family's reading, シン (shin).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side紳 sire · 申
vs紬 pongee (a knotted silk cloth) · 由In ChineseSimplified 绅 · traditional, as in Japanese · shēn
Japan keeps the traditional form 紳; mainland China simplifies it to 绅.
- Simplified
- 绅 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 紳 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin shēn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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