臣
Radical 131 (U+2F82)
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.

Evolution

Derived characters

StrokesCharacters
+0臣
+2臤 臥
+6臦
+8臧
+11臨 臩

Sinogram

As an independent sinogram it is a Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[1] It is a fourth grade kanji.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

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