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she̅n = sh + (e)n1: to extend / to state / to explain / 9th earthly branch: 3-5 p.m., 7th solar month (7th August-7th September), year of the Monkey / ancient Chinese compass point: 240°

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Mnemonic symbol: a textbook.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) uses a microphone (曰) and a dinosaur bone (丨) as pointer to explain (申) the history of the encampment to the audience standing in front of it ((e)n1). He likes to present himself as an expert, but he's a faker: All his explanations come from his textbook (申).

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All translations for 申

old name for Shanghai 上海[Shang4 hai3] / surname Shen
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to extend / to state / to explain / 9th earthly branch: 3-5 p.m., 7th solar month (7th August-7th September), year of the Monkey / ancient Chinese compass point: 240°
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申 character breakdown

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2)
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vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3]
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Characters with 申 as component

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to examine / to investigate / carefully / to try (in court)
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God / abbr. for 神舟[Shen2 zhou1]
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deity / soul / spirit / unusual / mysterious / lively / expressive / expression / look / CL:個|个[ge4] / (slang) awesome / amazing
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free / unimpeded / smooth / at ease / free from worry / fluent
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one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing earth / female principle / ☷ / ancient Chinese compass point: 225° (southwest)
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Japanese variant of 搜[sou1]
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Words with 申

to extend (the meaning of a word, an analogy etc) / derivation
to appeal for justice / to demand redress for a grievance
extended meaning (of an expression) / derived sense
ninth year I9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1992 or 2052
polite congratulations (i.e. on a greeting card)
Tymoshenko (name) / Yulia Tymoshenko (1960-), Ukrainian politician
Blagoveshchensk, Russian city on the border with China, administrative center of Amur Oblast 阿穆爾州|阿穆尔州[A1 mu4 er3 Zhou1]
fifty-seventh year G9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1980 or 2040
forty-fifth year E9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1968 or 2028
Port Dickson (holiday destination in Malaysia)
21st year A9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2004 or 2064
unsuccessful and bloody Korean palace coup in 1884 by Westernisers against conservatives, crushed by Qing troops
Shen Buhai (385-337 BC), legalist political thinker
an order / a command
Book of Deuteronomy / Fifth Book of Moses
alternative name for Shanghai 上海[Shang4 hai3] / alternative name for Xinyang City, Henan 信陽市|信阳市[Xin4 yang2 Shi4]
to order again and again (idiom)
thirty-third year C9 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1956 or 2016
Ilyushin, Russian plane maker

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