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
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			jīng shen 
		vigor
vitality
drive
spiritual
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shēn 
		deep
depth
deeply
(of a color) dark
deep
rich
		 
		
		
		
		
					
				
		
			shén 
		deity
soul
spirit
unusual
mysterious
lively
expressive
expression
look
CL:個|个[ge4]
(slang) awesome
amazing
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shěn 
		to examine
to investigate
carefully
to try (in court)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shēn 
		ginseng
one of the 28 constellations
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shén 
		sakaki tree (Japanese kokuji)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Shēn 
		old name for Shanghai 上海[Shang4 hai3]
surname Shen
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			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°
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shèn 
		to seep
to ooze
to horrify
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shěn 
		(literary) to smile
to sneer
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Shěn Cóng wén 
		Shen Congwen (1902-1988), novelist
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shěn 
		wife of father's younger brother
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Shuō wén jiě zì 
		Shuowen, the original Han dynasty dictionary by Xu Shen 許慎|许慎
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shèn 
		(mythical animal)
clam
sea-serpent
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shěn shen 
		wife of father's younger brother
aunt
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Shēn xiàn 
		Shen county in Liaocheng 聊城[Liao2 cheng2], Shandong
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			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]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shěn 
		to know
to reprimand
to urge
to long for
to tell
to inform
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			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[Shen2 Yue4] 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])
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Chén Xǐng shēn 
		Shiing-Shen Chern (1911-2004), Chinese-American mathematician
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			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
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			shèn 
		fruit of mulberry
also pr. [ren4]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tí qǐ jīng shen 
		to raise one's spirits
to take courage