God / abbr. for 神舟[Shen2 zhou1]

= + : Sherlock Holmes wants to be near God, so he put up his monk's cowl and is just about to enter the encampment to go into retreat, his bible (the manual) in his hands.
deity / soul / spirit / unusual / mysterious / lively / expressive / expression / look / CL:個|个[ge4] / (slang) awesome / amazing

= + : Sherlock Holmes wants to be near God, so he put up his monk's cowl and is just about to enter the encampment to go into retreat, his bible (the manual) in his hands.

神 character breakdown

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°

= + : 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).
Character component without intrinsic meaning

= + + : A cult: I'll represent this with a monk's cowl in other mnemonics.

Characters with 神 as component

(Japanese kokuji) sakaki (Cleyera japonica), evergreen tree used in Shinto to decorate sacred spaces

Words with 神

expression / manner / vigorous / impressive / lofty / pretentious
amazing powers / miraculous skill
to concentrate one's attention (idiom)
to rest / to recuperate / to regain composure
spellbound / entranced / lost in thought
lit. heart untroubled, spirit pleased (idiom); carefree and relaxed
arrogant appearance / smug appearance / to act condescending / to put on airs
remarkable ability / magical power
marvelous / wondrous
one's thoughts fly to a longed-for place or person / to long for / infatuated / fascinated
the appearance of unity, but divided at heart (idiom); seeming harmony belies underlying disagreement
to gather one's spirits / to pull oneself together

Sentences with 神

liú
xià
lái
de
yi̅
ge̅n
dìng
hǎi
shén
zhe̅n