Chinese symbol for “subjects”
臣妾
chén qiè
(literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female); (archaic) male and female slaves; subjects (of a ruler)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for subjects is 臣妾 (chén qiè), defined as: (literary) I, your servant (self-appellation of a lower-rank female); (archaic) male and female slaves; subjects (of a ruler).
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 臣妾.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大臣 | dà chén | chancellor (of a monarchy); cabinet minister |
| 功臣 | gōng chén | meritorious official; person who renders exceptional service; hero |
| 臣民 | chén mín | subject (of a kingdom, ruler etc) |
| 忠臣 | zhōng chén | faithful official |
| 臣服 | chén fú | to acknowledge allegiance to (some regime); to serve |
| 外交大臣 | wài jiāo dà chén | Foreign Secretary; (UK) Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs |
| 妻妾 | qī qiè | wives and concubines (of a polygamous man); harem |
| 纳妾 (納妾) | nà qiè | to take a concubine |
See also: Japanese symbol for “subjects”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.