呻 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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shēn

groan

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 申 represents the sound.

Components

口 Meaning component

kǒu

mouth

申 Sound component

shēn

to extend

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

shēn

groan, moan; recite with intonation; groan

Most common words with 呻

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	呻吟	to moan
	无病呻吟	to moan about imaginary illness
	呻	groan

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*l̥i[n]	syin	shēn	chant, drone

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.6018% of movies

3099th most common character in movies

2929th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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