Radical 131 or radical minister (臣部) meaning "minister" or "official" is one of the 29 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 6 strokes.
臣 | ||
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臣 (U+81E3) "minister, official" | ||
Pronunciations | ||
Pinyin: | chén | |
Bopomofo: | ㄔㄣˊ | |
Gwoyeu Romatzyh: | chern | |
Wade–Giles: | chʻên2 | |
Cantonese Yale: | sàhn | |
Jyutping: | san4 | |
Japanese Kana: | シン shin / ジン jin (on'yomi) おみ omi (kun'yomi) | |
Sino-Korean: | 신 sin | |
Names | ||
Japanese name(s): | 臣/しん shin | |
Hangul: | 신하 sinha | |
Stroke order animation | ||
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 16 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
臣 is also the 125th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Strokes | Characters |
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+0 | 臣 |
+2 | 臤 臥 |
+6 | 臦 |
+8 | 臧 |
+11 | 臨 臩 |
As an independent sinogram it is a Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[1] It is a fourth grade kanji.[1]