shēn

extend

To extend your confidence  to another person  also provides the pronunciation

Components
亻 meaning component

  Meaning component

rén

  

person

申 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

shēn

  

to extend

Evolution

伸 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
伸 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
伸 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

shēn

extend, stretch out, open up; trust; to stretch; to extend

Most common words with 伸
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to stretch

伸出

to extend

延伸

to extend

伸手

(fig.) to beg

伸展

stretching