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shěn

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shěn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shěn | shen3
English translation
father's younger brother's wife

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About shěn

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

shěn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

woman

Etymology of shěn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

女审

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

shěn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and shěn represents the sound. Simplified form of shěn .

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Example sentences using shěn

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我们 wǒmen yóu 婶子 shěn zi péi zhāo

We were chaperoned by our aunt.

Words with shěn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
婶婶 shěn shen aunt嬸嬸
shěn wife of father's younger brother shěn
婶子 shěn zi aunt嬸子
婶母 shěn mǔ aunt嬸母

shěn Decomposition & Compounds

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