伸

to stretch / to extend

"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)

old name for Shanghai 上海[Shang4 hai3] / surname Shen

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°

to extend

stretching / extension

to reach out with one's hand / to hold out a hand / (fig.) to beg / to get involved / to meddle

to uphold (e.g. justice or virtue) / to promote

to stretch oneself (on waking or when tired etc)

to right wrongs / to redress an injustice

to stretch out

sinker (baseball) (loanword)

runway (for a fashion show etc) / catwalk

see 延伸[yan2 shen1]

pitch-dark (idiom)