| 臣 | |
|---|---|
Radical 131 (U+2F82)
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| 臣 (U+81E3) "minister, official" | |
| Pronunciations | |
| Pinyin: | chén |
| Bopomofo: | ㄔㄣˊ |
| Gwoyeu Romatzyh: | chern |
| Wade–Giles: | chʻên2 |
| Cantonese Yale: | sàhn |
| Jyutping: | san4 |
| Japanese Kana: | シン shin / ジン jin (on'yomi) おみ omi (kun'yomi) |
| Sino-Korean: | 신 sin |
| Names | |
| Japanese name(s): | 臣/しん shin |
| Hangul: | 신하 sinha |
| Stroke order animation | |
Radical 131 or radical minister (臣部) meaning "minister" or "official" is one of the 29 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 6 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 16 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
臣 is also the 125th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
目 ("eye") looking downward.
| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 臣 |
| +2 | 臤 臥 |
| +6 | 臦 |
| +8 | 臧 |
| +11 | 臨 臩 |
As an independent sinogram it is a Chinese character. It is one of the kyōiku kanji or kanji taught in elementary school in Japan. It is a fourth grade kanji.