呻 — Chinese character
呻
shēn
to moan, to groan; to chant
- Pinyin
- shēn
- Radical
- 30 ⼝ (Mouth)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 口 申
- Formation
- pictophonetic — mouth; meaning component 口; sound component 申
- Japanese
- 呻 as a kanji
Common words with 呻
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 呻吟 | shēn yín | to moan; to groan |
| 无病呻吟 (無病呻吟) | wú bìng shēn yín | (idiom) to moan and groan despite not being sick; to feign illness; to complain without cause; (of writing) to indulge in confected sentimentality |
English words written with 呻
呻 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.