Character Contained In References Comments
Simplified Traditional Ancient forms Archaic forms

Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
申 示 ⿰⺭申
Mandarin
shen2, shen1
English
Definitions
God; lively; spiritual being; spirit; divine essence; mysterious; soul; unusual; divine; God; supernatural being
Mnemonic
Extends 申 omens 示 (and lightning 電) down toward humans