臣

Translingual

Stroke order

Japanese stroke order

Stroke order (cursive)

Han character

臣 (radical 131 臣+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 尸中尸中 (SLSL), four-corner 7171₇)

1. minister, statesman, official
2. a Chinese surname

References

• KangXi: page 999, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30068
• Dae Jaweon: page 1450, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2801, character 1
• Unihan data for U+81E3

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Cantonese

Hanzi

臣 (Yale san4)

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Japanese

Etymology

/omi₁/ *[omi] > /omi/ [omi].

Pronunciation

• IPA: [omi]

Noun

臣 (hiragana おみ, romaji omi)

1. one who serves a lord; a vassal, subject

Kanji

臣 (grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: しん (shin), じん (jin)
• Kun: おみ (omi), けらい (kerai)

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Korean

Hanja

臣 (hangeul 신, revised sin, McCune-Reischauer sin, Yale sin)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

臣 (pinyin cáng (cang2), chén (chen2), zāng (zang1), zàng (zang4), Wade-Giles ts'ang², ch'en², tsang¹, tsang⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

臣 (thần, thườn)