Kanji N3

神: gods, mind, soul

神 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning gods, mind, soul, written with 9 strokes. It is read シン, ジン (on) and かみ (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 3. You will see it in 精神 (せいしん, mind) and 神 (かみ, god).

神

Meanings

  • gods
  • mind
  • soul
Strokes9
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 3
Frequency#347 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • シン
  • ジン

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • かみ
  • かん-
  • こう-

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 神

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 精神せいしん

    mind; spirit; soul; heart; ethos

    JLPT N3
  • 神かみ

    god; deity; divinity; spirit; kami

    JLPT N3
  • 神経しんけい

    nerve

    JLPT N3
  • 神社じんじゃ

    Shinto shrine

    JLPT N4
  • 神話しんわ

    myth; mythology

    JLPT N2
  • 神様かみさま

    God; god; deity; divinity; spirit; kami

    JLPT N2
  • 神殿しんでん

    temple; shrine; sanctuary

    JLPT N1
  • 神秘しんぴ

    mystery; mysteriousness; secret

    JLPT N1

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.