臣 – retainer, subject

7 strokesTaught in grade 4#1249 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 臣 means retainer, subject. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シン、ジン (shin, jin). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 臣 (no. 131).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シン	shin
On’yomi	ジン	jin

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 臣 (Kangxi radical 131). Components: 匚.

Words using 臣

大臣だいじんcabinet minister総理大臣そうりだいじんprime minister (as the head of a cabinet government)

Example sentences

私は大臣自身と話した。

I spoke to the minister himself.

Tatoeba #155193

総理大臣が辞任した。

The Prime Minister has resigned.

Tatoeba #140305

Kanji with the same radical

臨

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.