The kanji 朕: meaning, readings and stroke order

朕

Meaning: royal 'we'
On reading: チン chin
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 10
Radical: 月 moon, month
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: trẫm (vua xưng) (trẫm)
Japanese: てんのうやおうさまがじぶんをいうことば。
Korean: 짐 (임금이 자기를 이르는 말) (짐)
Chinese: 朕（皇帝自称）

Readings, words and example sentences

チン chin · on reading · less common

朕ちん
I (word only an emperor used for himself)
むかしの文に 朕ちんという語があります。
In old writings there is the word 'chin', which an emperor used to mean 'I'.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.