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臣

Servant
Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingシン、ジン
Kun readingおみ
JōyōGrade 4Level 29
  1. retainer
  2. attendant
  3. omi (hereditary title
  4. orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight)
  5. i
  6. me

Popular Usage

総理大臣

Radicals and components

Radical臣minister

Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

slave

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 911

Compound words

総理大臣そうりだいじん
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier
大臣だいじん
cabinet minister
忠臣ちゅうしん
loyal retainer; loyal subject
国務大臣こくむだいじん
minister of state; cabinet minister (in Japan)
遺臣いしん
surviving retainer
下臣かしん
low-rank retainer
家臣かしん
vassal
旧臣きゅうしん
old retainer
君臣くんしん
ruler and ruled
倖臣こうしん
favorite retainer
寵臣ちょうしん
favorite retainer
廷臣ていしん
courtier
陪臣ばいしん
rear vassal
叛臣はんしん
rebellious retainer
佞臣ねいしん
crafty courtier
嬖臣へいしん
favorite retainer
諫臣かんしん
retainer who dares to dissuade his lord
讒臣ざんしん
slanderous retainer
右大臣うだいじん
Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods)
左大臣さだいじん
Minister of the Left (official in Nara and Heian periods)
忠臣蔵ちゅうしんぐら
(story of the) Forty-seven Rōnin
運輸大臣うんゆだいじん
Minister of Transport
外務大臣がいむだいじん
Minister for Foreign Affairs
建設大臣けんせつだいじん
Minister of Construction

Additional Examples

彼は大臣を辞めた。
He resigned from the Cabinet.tatoeba
彼は大臣の腰ぎんちゃくだ。
He is just a minion of the minister.tatoeba
彼は大臣に出世した。
He made his way to the minister.tatoeba

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Retainer, subject. A downcast eye — a subject bowing their head. 大臣 — minister.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 臣

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