神

Japanese > Kanji > 神

This is the kanji for god.

on readings:
  • shin
  • jin
kun readings:
  • kami
  • kan
  • ko
examples:
風神 Fūjin Wind God
八神殿 hasshinden Hall of the Eight Deities
異神 ijin foreign gods
神社 jinja Shintō shrine
神 kami god
神風 kamikaze divine wind
神様 kamisama God
神輿 mikoshi portable Shinto shrine
雷神 Raijin Thunder God
竜神 Ryūjin Dragon God
神童 shindō child prodigy
神官 shinkan Shintō priest
神経 shinkei a nerve
神父 shinpu (Catholic) priest, Father
神道 Shintō traditional Japanese religion (often written Shinto in English)
神話 shinwa myth, mythology
失神 shisshin faint

links:
Fūjin
Mikoshi
Raijin
Ryūjin
Shinto: A History
Wiktionary



Last addition on 8 October 2026 by Bradley James Wogsland.