The kanji 臣: meaning, readings and stroke order
臣
- Meaning
- king's servant, minister
- On reading
- シン shin、ジン jin
- Kun reading
- —
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 臣 minster, official
- Level
- Level 4 · grade 4
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- bề tôi (thần)
- Japanese
- おうさまに つかえる ひと。
- Korean
- 신하 (신)
- Chinese
- 臣子、大臣
Readings, words and example sentences
シン shin · on reading · less common
家臣
a lord's servant
王の 家臣が ならびます。
The king's servants stand in a row.
ジン jin · on reading
大臣
minister (in the government)
大臣が 会議で 話を します。
The minister speaks at the meeting.
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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.