神
Shen2
#227 most
frequent character
God
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
神 joins 礻, an ancestral tablet, with 申 shēn, the sound part. Tablets used in ancestor worship suit the first meaning, 'god'. From there it grew to 'spirit', 'life, consciousness', and 'unusual'.
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