臣
retainer, subject
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
7 / 7
Information
Grade:4
Strokes:7
JLPT:2
Frequency:1249
Vocabulary
シン
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 忠臣 | チュウシン | loyal retainer; loyal subject |
| 家臣 | カシン | vassal; retainer |
| 重臣 | ジュウシン | chief vassal; senior statesman |
| 遺臣 | イシン | surviving retainer |
| 下臣 | カシン | low-rank retainer |
ジン
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 総理大臣 | ソウリダイジン | prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier |
| 大臣 | ダイジン | cabinet minister |
| 国務大臣 | コクムダイジン | minister of state; cabinet minister (in Japan) |
| 内大臣 | ナイダイジン | Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945); Minister of the Interior (669-1868) |
| 右大臣 | ウダイジン | Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods) |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 内大臣 | うちのおとど | Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945); Minister of the Interior (669-1868) |
| 内大臣 | うちのおおまえつぎみ | Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945); Minister of the Interior (669-1868) |
| 内大臣 | うちのおおおみ | Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945); Minister of the Interior (669-1868) |
| 大蔵大臣 | おおくらだいじん | Minister of Finance |
| 忠臣蔵 | ちゅうしんぐら | (story of the) Forty-seven Rōnin; the Treasury of Loyal Retainers; Chūshingura |
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These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
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princess
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hard, reliable, solid, strict, tight, tough
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article, counter for meal courses, dignity, goods, refinement
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administer, govt office, official, oversee, rule
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hard, reliable, solid, tense, tight
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蔵
have, hide, own, possess, storehouse
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遣
despatch, dispatch, do, donate, give, send, undertake
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唯
merely, only, simply, solely
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革
become serious, leather, reform, skin
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