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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Hakka

Hanzi

臣 (POJ chhîn, Guangdong shin², tsh'in² [Meixian], s'in², ch'in² [Hailu, Kwangtung], siin², ts'iin² [Siyan], ts'in² [Bao'an, Hong Kong], Hagfa Pinyim sin2)

References

• CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
• Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

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Japanese

Kanji

臣

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

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

Etymology

/omi₁/ *[omi] → /omi/ [omi].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [omi]

Noun

臣 (hiragana おみ, romaji omi)

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

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

臣 (Pinyin chén (chen2), Wade-Giles ch'en²)

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Min Nan

Hanzi

臣 (TLPA sîn (sin⁵))

References

• Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Vietnamese

Han character

臣 (thần, thườn)