绅 — Chinese character
绅
shēn
girdle, tie; gentry; to bend
- Pinyin
- shēn
- Radical
- 120 ⽷ (Silk)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 纟 申
- Formation
- pictophonetic — silk; meaning component 纟; sound component 申
- Traditional
- 紳
Common words with 绅
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 绅士 (紳士) | shēn shì | gentleman |
| 乡绅 (鄉紳) | xiāng shēn | a scholar or government official living in one's village; a village gentleman |
| 豪绅 (豪紳) | háo shēn | local despot |
| 劣绅 (劣紳) | liè shēn | evil gentry; wicked landlord |
| 土豪劣绅 (土豪劣紳) | tǔ háo liè shēn | local bosses, shady gentry (idiom); dominant local mafia |
| 太平绅士 (太平紳士) | tài píng shēn shì | Justice of the Peace (JP) |
English words written with 绅
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.