呻

Information about character(s)

Radical: 口
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 8

Pronunciation

Pinyin: shēn
Cantonese: san1
JapaneseKun: UTAU UMEKU
JapaneseOn: SHIN
Korean: SIN

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: groan, moan; recite with intonation

CE-Dict: groan

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to groan; to moan

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《口部》呻吟也。从口申聲。

康熙字典文字版 【丑集上】【口字部】呻
【唐韻】失人切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】升人切，𠀤音申。【說文】吟也。【禮·學記】今之敎者，呻其佔畢。【爾雅·釋訓】殿屎，呻也。【莊子·列禦𡨥】呻吟裘氏之地。【廣韻】與𠲳𣢘同。　又【集韻】斯人切，音辛。義同。

CF-Dict: réciter/soupirer

Han-De-Dict: ächzen, aufstöhnen (u.E.)