什 甚 shén what syn 身 shēn body / life / oneself / personally / one's morality and conduct / the main part of a structure or body / pregnant / classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset / Kangxi radical 158 syn 神 shén god / deity / supernatural / magical / mysterious / spirit / mind / energy / lively / expressive / look / expression / (coll.) awesome / amazing syn 深 shēn deep (lit. and fig.) syn 精神 jīng shen vigor / vitality / spirited / good-looking syn 甚 shén variant of 什[shen2] syn 伸 shēn to stretch / to extend syn 女神 nǚ shén goddess / nymph syn 婶婶 嬸嬸 shěn shen wife of father's younger brother / aunt syn 陈省身 陳省身 chén xǐng shēn Shiing-Shen Chern (1911-2004), Chinese-American mathematician 沈括 shěn kuò Shen Kuo (1031-1095), Chinese polymath, scientist and statesman of Song dynasty, author of Dream Pool Essays 夢溪筆談|梦溪笔谈[Meng4 Xi1 Bi3 tan2] 梦溪笔谈 夢溪筆談 mèng xī bǐ tán Dream Pool Essays by Shen Kuo 沈括[Shen3 Kuo4], book on various fields of knowledge, the first to describe the magnetic needle compass 宋书 宋書 sòng shū History of Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋[Nan2 chao2 Song4] or Liu Song 劉宋|刘宋[Liu2 Song4], sixth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Shen Yue 沈約|沈约[Shen3 Yue1] in 488 during Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁[Nan2 chao2 Liang2], 100 scrolls / (not to be confused with 宋史[Song4 shi3]) 参 蓡 shēn variant of 參|参[shen1] syn 刑名 xíng míng xing-ming, a school of thought of the Warring States period associated with Shen Buhai 申不害[Shen1 Bu4hai4] / the designation for a punishment syn 沈约 沈約 shěn yuē Shen Yue (441-513), writer and historian during Liang of Southern dynasties 南朝梁, compiler of History of Song of the Southern dynasties 宋書|宋书 甚 shèn excessive / undue / to exceed / to be more than / very / extremely / (dialect) what / whatever (Taiwan pr. [shen2]) syn 审 審 shěn to examine / to investigate / carefully / to try (in court) syn 沈国放 沈國放 shěn guó fàng Shen Guofang (1952-), PRC assistant minister of foreign affairs (2003-2005) 申 shēn to extend / to state / to explain / 9th earthly branch: 3-5 p.m., 7th solar month (7th August-7th September), year of the Monkey / ancient Chinese compass point: 240° syn 沈 瀋 shěn (literary) juice 慎 shèn old variant of 慎[shen4] 肾 腎 shèn kidney syn 渗 滲 shèn to seep / to ooze / to horrify syn 绅 紳 shēn member of gentry 呻 shēn (literary) to recite / to chant / to intone / (bound form) groan 婶 嬸 shěn wife of father's younger brother syn 娠 shēn pregnant 蜃 shèn giant clam / (mythology) clam-monster said to breathe out a vapor that forms a mirage of buildings syn 莘 shēn long / numerous syn 砷 shēn arsenic (chemistry) 诜 詵 shēn to inform / to inquire 哂 shěn (literary) to smile / to sneer syn 胂 shèn arsine 渖 shěn old variant of 瀋|沈[shen3] 葚 shèn fruit of mulberry / also pr. [ren4] 谂 諗 shěn to know / to reprimand / to urge / to long for / to tell / to inform syn 椹 shèn variant of 葚[shen4] syn 矧 shěn (interrog.) 谉 讅 shěn to investigate / to try (in court) 鲹 鰺 shēn carangid (zoology) 瞫 shěn surname Shen 蔘 shēn ginseng 葠 shēn ginseng 二苯氯胂 èr běn lǜ shèn diphenylchloroarsine 侁 shēn large crowd 燊 shēn brisk / vigorous (of fire) 甡 shēn multitude / crowd 籸 shēn crushed grain 駪 shēn large crowd 讅 shěn to investigate / to try (in court) 脤 shèn sacrificial meat (raw) 兟 shēn to advance 沈从文 沈從文 shěn cóng wén Shen Congwen (1902-1988), novelist 刑名之学 刑名之學 xíng míng zhī xué xing-ming, a school of thought of the Warring States period associated with Shen Buhai 申不害[Shen1 Bu4 hai4] 愼 shèn variant of 慎[shen4] 提起精神 tí qǐ jīng shen to raise one's spirits / to take courage 月亮女神 yuè liang nǚ shén the Moon Goddess / name of Japanese moon space probe 月女神 yuè nǚ shén Moon Goddess 榊 shén (Japanese kokuji) sakaki (Cleyera japonica), evergreen tree used in Shinto to decorate sacred spaces 沈复 沈復 shěn fù Shen Fu (1763-c. 1810), Qing dynasty writer, author of Six Records of a Floating Life 浮生六記|浮生六记[Fu2 Sheng1 Liu4 Ji4] 沈莹 沈瑩 shěn yíng Shen Ying of Wu, governor (268-280) of coastal province of Wu and compiler of Seaboard Geographic Gazetteer 臨海水土誌|临海水土志 沈葆祯 沈葆禎 shěn bǎo zhēn Shen Baozhen (1820-1879), Qing Minister of the Navy, founded Fuzhou Naval College 船政學堂|船政学堂[Chuan2 zheng4 Xue2 tang2] in 1866 深县 深縣 shēn xiàn Shen county in Hebei 申不害 shēn bù hài Shen Buhai (385-337 BC), legalist political thinker 临海水土志 臨海水土誌 lín hǎi shuǐ tǔ zhì Seaboard Geographic Gazetteer (c. 275) by Shen Ying 沈瑩|沈莹 莘县 莘縣 shēn xiàn Shen county in Liaocheng 聊城[Liao2 cheng2], Shandong 许慎 許慎 xǔ shèn Xu Shen (-147) the compiler of the original Han dynasty dictionary Shuowen Jiezi 說文解字|说文解字[Shuo1 wen2 Jie3 zi4] 说文解字 說文解字 shuō wén jiě zì Shuowen Jiezi, the original Han dynasty Chinese character dictionary with 10,516 entries, authored by Xu Shen 許慎|许慎[Xu3 Shen4] in 2nd century 二苯胺氯胂 èr běn àn lǜ shèn adamsite 瘆 瘮 shèn to terrify 㕥 shēn old variant of 呻[shen1] 妽 shēn (used in female names) 曑 shēn old variant of 參|参[shen1] / (constellation) 曾参 曾參 zēng shēn Zeng Shen (505-435 BC), a.k.a. 曾子[Zeng1 zi3], student of Confucius, presumed editor or author of Confucian classic the Great Learning 大學|大学[Da4 xue2] 珅 shēn a kind of jade 氠 shēn xenon (chemistry) (old) 𬳽 駪 shēn large crowd 沈葆桢 沈葆楨 shěn bǎo zhēn Shen Baozhen (1820-1879), Qing Minister of the Navy, founded Fuzhou Naval College 船政學堂|船政学堂[Chuan2 zheng4 Xue2 tang2] in 1866 神神叨叨 shén shen dāo dāo see 神神道道[shen2 shen5 dao4 dao4] 神神道道 shén shen dào dào odd / weird / abnormal 屾 shēn (literary) two mountains standing next to each other 