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shēn

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shēn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shēn | shen1
English translation
arsenic

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About shēn

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

shēn

Contains the radical

Shí

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

mineral

Etymology of shēn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

石申

Semantic compound

Shí

Phonetic compound

Shēn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Shí represents the meaning and Shēn represents the sound.

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Example sentences using shēn

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zhè zhǒng 材料 cáiliào shì zhǒng 叫做 jiào zuò jiā měng shēn 化物 de 东东 dōng dōng .

The material is a semiconductor called gallium manganese arsenide.

Words with shēn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
shēn arsenic (chemistry) shēn

shēn Decomposition & Compounds

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