绅 Strokes Write it Listen 绅 shēn girdle, tie; gentry; to bend HSK 7–9 8 strokes Radical 纟 Sound + meaning 1 word Built from纟meaningsīsilk; thread申soundshēnto report; to extend; to explain; to declare How it works纟 hints at the meaning (silk), and 申 shēn hints at the sound.