Chinese symbol for “nerve”
神经
shén jīng
Traditional: 神經
nerve; mental state; (coll.) unhinged; nutjob
The closest CC-CEDICT match for nerve is 神经 (shén jīng), defined as: nerve; mental state; (coll.) unhinged; nutjob.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “nerve”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 神经.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 精神 | jīng shén | spirit; mind |
| 神秘 | shén mì | mysterious; mystery |
| 女神 | nǚ shén | goddess; nymph |
| 神话 (神話) | shén huà | legend; fairy tale |
| 已经 (已經) | yǐ jīng | already |
| 经济 (經濟) | jīng jì | economy; economic |
| 经过 (經過) | jīng guò | to pass; to go through |
| 经验 (經驗) | jīng yàn | experience; to go through; to experience |
See also: Japanese symbol for “nerve”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.