gods, mind, soul
神 centers on the divine or supernatural: gods, spirits, and the sacred. The mind and soul senses extend from the idea of an intangible spiritual essence within living things.
神 combines 示 (altar, religious ceremony) with 申, which likely contributes the sound and may originally depict a lightning bolt, suggesting a divine or spiritual force.
The left side 示 is an altar, and the right side 申 looks like a bolt of divine energy. Picture a sacred altar struck by a spiritual lightning bolt, representing the power of gods and the soul.
For シン, imagine a divine shin (shin bone) relic placed on the altar: shin -> シン, and the sacred bone holds the spirit of a god.
god; deity; divinity; spirit; kami
mind; spirit; soul; heart; ethos
nerve
Kobe (city)
Shinto shrine
God; god; deity; divinity; spirit; kami
Osaka-Kobe
goddess
myth; mythology
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
heavenly god; heavenly gods
Shinto; Shintoism
high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family; imperial Shinto shrine
Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre
kagura; traditional Shinto music and dancing
temple; shrine; sanctuary
nervous; highly strung; sensitive
fainting; losing consciousness; passing out
Yasukuni Shrine
mikoshi; portable Shinto shrine carried through the streets during festivals
divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century)
(Shinto) priest
theology; divinity
Shinto priest
Seven Gods of Fortune; Seven Deities of Good Luck; Seven Lucky Gods
child prodigy; infant genius; wonder child
divine work; miracle; superhuman feat
fierce god
meek; quiet; docile; humble; faithful; obedient
stone which is worshipped; image of a god in stone
patron god; tutelar deity; guardian deity; local deity
mikoshi; portable Shinto shrine carried through the streets during festivals
diminished capacity; diminished responsibility; legally unaccountable (e.g. due to mental illness, drugs, alcohol, etc.)
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
mysterious; mystical
mental; spiritual; emotional
psychiatry; psychiatric department
feeble-mindedness; intellectual disability
mental disorder; mental disability; mental illness
autonomic nerve