臣 — kanji meaning “retainer”
臣
retainer, subject
- Meanings
- retainer, subject
- On'yomi
- シン (shin)、ジン (jin)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Name readings
- おみ、たか、と、とみ、み
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- 4
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #1249 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 131
- Chinese reading
- chén — Chinese character page
Words with 臣
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大臣 | だいじん daijin | cabinet minister |
| 国務大臣 | こくむだいじん kokumudaijin | minister of state; cabinet minister (in Japan) |
| 家臣 | かしん kashin | vassal; retainer |
| 忠臣 | ちゅうしん chuushin | loyal retainer; loyal subject |
| 重臣 | じゅうしん juushin | chief vassal; senior statesman |
| 内大臣 | ないだいじん naidaijin | Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945) |
| 総理大臣 | そうりだいじん souridaijin | prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier |
| 臣民 | しんみん shinmin | subject; national; citizen |
| 法務大臣 | ほうむだいじん houmudaijin | Minister of Justice |
| 臣下 | しんか shinka | retainer; subject; vassal |
| 忠臣蔵 | ちゅうしんぐら chuushingura | (story of the) Forty-seven Rōnin; the Treasury of Loyal Retainers; Chūshingura |
| 老臣 | ろうしん roushin | old or key retainer |
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