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肾

shèn

Character Traditional 腎

What 肾 means

1. kidney

Words starting with 肾

• 肾脏shèn zàngkidney
• 肾炎shèn yánkidney inflammation; nephritis
• 肾上腺shèn shàng xiànadrenal glands
• 肾小球shèn xiǎo qiúglomerulus (medicine)
• 肾结石shèn jié shíkidney stone
• 肾上腺素shèn shàng xiàn sùadrenaline
• 肾上腺皮质shèn shàng xiàn pí zhìadrenal cortex
• 肾上腺髓质shèn shàng xiàn suǐ zhìadrenal medulla
• 肾盂shèn yúrenal pelvis (medicine)
• 肾盂炎shèn yú yánpyelitis (medicine)

Words containing 肾

• 副肾fù shènadrenal glands
• 洗肾xǐ shènto have dialysis treatment
• 走肾zǒu shèn(med) retractile testicle; infatuation inducing; pee inducing (of alcohol)
• 原肾管yuán shèn guǎnprotonephridium (invertebrate anatomy)
• 去甲肾上腺素qù jiǎ shèn shàng xiàn sù(biochemistry) norepinephrine; noradrenaline

Characters built on 月

These share the phonetic component 月 (yuè), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 肯kěnto agree; to consent; to be willing to
• 朕zhèn(used by an emperor or king) I; me; we (royal "we"); (literary) omen
• 胂shènarsine
• 胗zhēngizzard

Characters that look like 肾

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 费fèito cost; to spend; fee
• 背bèithe back of a body or object; to turn one's back; to hide something from
• 冒màoto emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth); to brave; to face; (bound form) reckless
• 弯wānto bend; bent; a bend; a turn (in a road etc)
• 贤xiánworthy or virtuous person; honorific used for a person of the same or a younger generation
• 竖shùto erect; vertical; vertical stroke (in Chinese characters)

Sounds the same

Read shèn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 甚excessive; undue; to exceed; to be more than; very; extremely
• 慎careful; cautious
• 渗to seep; to ooze; to horrify
• 蜃giant clam; (mythology) clam-monster said to breathe out a vapor that forms a mirage of…
• 瘆to terrify
• 葚used in 桑葚; also pr. rèn
• 胂arsine
• 椹used in 桑椹
• 脤sacrificial meat (raw)
• 愼variant of 慎