臣
臣 — sin
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 신하 신
- Romanization
- sin
- English
- minister, statesman, official; Kangxi radical 131
- Mandarin
- chén
- Japanese on'yomi
- シン, ジン
- Japanese kun'yomi
- おみ
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 4
- Newspaper frequency
- #1,249 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 臣 (131, 0 residual)
- Unicode
- U+81E3
Korean example words with 臣
- 구신舊臣 Korean gloss: 옛 신하
- 군신群臣 Korean gloss: 많은 신하
- 신료臣僚 Korean gloss: 모든 신하
- 제신諸臣 Korean gloss: 여러 신하
- 현신賢臣 Korean gloss: 어진 신하
- 공신貢臣 Korean gloss: 공물을 바치는 신하
- 명신名臣 Korean gloss: 이름난 훌륭한 신하
- 역신逆臣 Korean gloss: 임금을 반역한 신하
- 신위臣位 Korean gloss: 신하의 등급이나 지위
- 무신武臣 Korean gloss: 신하 가운데 무관인 사람
- 중신重臣 Korean gloss: 중요한 관직에 있는 신하
- 총신寵臣 Korean gloss: 임금의 총애를 받는 신하
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 臣
- 大臣だいじん cabinet minister
- 総理大臣そうりだいじん prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier
- 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)
- 内大臣ないだいじん Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945); Minister of the Interior (669-1868)
- 家臣かしん vassal; retainer
- 重臣じゅうしん chief vassal; senior statesman
- 臣おみ retainer; attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight)
- 遺臣いしん surviving retainer
- 下臣かしん low-rank retainer
- 旧臣きゅうしん old retainer
- 君臣くんしん ruler and ruled; master and servant
Other hanja read “신”
Other hanja with radical 臣
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