申 (shēn): old name for Shanghai 上海, surname Shen, to extend
申 (shēn) is a Chinese character meaning “old name for shanghai 上海.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 日 (structural) and 丨 (structural). It ranks #1109 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically pictographic, 申 a bolt of lightning. Its radical form 田 (field) appears in many related characters such as 电 (diàn, lightning), 男 (nán, male), 由 (yóu, to follow).
Definitions
- old name for Shanghai 上海
- surname Shen
- to extend
Etymology & Origin
pictographicA bolt of lightning
Decomposition: ⿻日丨 (layout: overlay)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 申
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 申请表noun | shēn qǐng biǎo | application form |
| 重申verb | chóng shēn | to reaffirm |
| 申诉verb | shēn sù | to file a complaint |
| 申明verb | shēn míng | to declare |
| 申请书noun | shēn qǐng shū | application |
| 申报verb | shēn bào | to report (to the authorities) |
| 申请人noun | shēn qǐng rén | applicant |
| 申辩verb | shēn biàn | to defend oneself |
| 申述verb | shēn shù | to state |
| 引申verb | yǐn shēn | to extend (the meaning of a word, an analogy etc) |
| 申斥verb | shēn chì | to rebuke |
| 申冤verb | shēn yuān | to appeal for justice |
| 引申义noun | yǐn shēn yì | extended meaning (of an expression) |
| 阿留申群岛proper-noun | ā liú shēn qún dǎo | Aleutian Islands (trailing 2250 km southwest of Alaska almost down to Kamtchatka) |
| 申购 | shēn gòu | to ask to buy |
申 appears in 59 compound words: 69 as the first character, 17 as the last, and 14 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 申 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Showing 1 of 2 idioms containing 申.
Example Sentences
申请这个职位需要提交简历和相关证明材料。
Shēnqǐng zhè gè zhíwèi xūyào tījiāo jiǎnlì hé xiāngguān zhèngmíng cáiliào.
Applying for this position requires submitting a resume and relevant supporting documents.
约1.5万人参加:恶劣天气难挡布拉戈维申斯克谢肉节庆典
yuē 1 . 5 wàn rén cān jiā : è liè tiān qì nán dǎng bù lā gē wéi shēn sī kè xiè ròu jié qìng diǎn
About 15,000 people participated: bad weather could not stop the Blagoveshchensk Thanksgiving Meat Day celebration
社安金多拿了怎么办?有机会申请保留
shè ān jīn duō ná le zěn má bàn ? yǒu jī huì shēn qǐng bǎo liú
What should I do if I get more social security funds? There is an opportunity to apply for reservation
涉行贿800万换取贷款申请 反贪会捕前电讯公司董事
shè háng huì 8 0 0 wàn huàn qǔ dài kuǎn shēn qǐng fǎn tān huì bǔ qián diàn xùn gōng sī dǒng shì
Involved in bribery of 8 million yuan in exchange for loan applications The Anti-Corruption Commission arrested former telecommunications company directors
“马”上来沪|艺马当先 在申城美术馆里过个雅致年
mǎ shǎng lái hù yì mǎ dāng xiān zài shēn chéng měi shù guǎn lǐ guò gě yǎ zhì nián
"Horses Come to Shanghai|Art Horses Take the Lead Have an Elegant Year in Shencheng Art Museums
伊朗总统重申:伊朗现在不会、将来也永远不会寻求核武....
yī lǎng zǒng tǒng chóng shēn yī lǎng xiàn zài bù huì jiāng lái yě yǒng yuǎn bù huì xún qiú hé wǔ . . . .
Iran's president reiterates:Iran does not now and will never seek nuclear weapons ....
汤姆填写职位申请表。
Tāngmǔ tiánxiě zhíwèi shēnqǐngbiǎo.
Tom filled out the job application form.
珍填好了一张申请书。
Zhēn tián hǎo le yī zhāng shēnqǐngshū.
Jane filled out an application.
汤姆申请了这份工作。
Tāngmǔ shēnqǐng le zhè fèn gōngzuò.
Tom applied for the job.
玛丽从大约500名申请者中脱颖而出。
Mǎlì cóng dàyuē 500 míng shēnqǐng zhě zhōng tuōyǐng'érchū.
Mary got the nod from among some 500 applicants.
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