shèn
kidneys
Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 臤 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 腎
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
kidney | ||
adrenal glands | ||
kidney | ||
glomerulus (medicine) | ||
nephritis |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*Cə.[g]i[n]ʔ | dzyinX | shèn | kidney |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 5.8786% of movies
2079th most common character in movies
2361st most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+814E |
Shuowen | “腎，水藏也。从肉，臤聲。” |
Sources
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