Radical 131
Chinese character radical
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::summary Chinese character radical ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| 131 | uni |
| meaning | minister, official |
| pny | chén |
| bopo | ㄔㄣˊ |
| gr | chern |
| wade | chên2 |
| jyutping | san4 |
| yale | sàhn |
| onyomi | シン shin / ジン jin |
| kunyomi | おみ omi |
| jp | 臣/しん shin |
| hang | 신하 sinha |
| hanja | 신 sin |
| :: |
|131|uni=81E3 |meaning= minister, official |pny= chén |bopo= ㄔㄣˊ |gr= chern |wade= chên2 |jyutping= san4 |yale= sàhn |cn= |onyomi= シン shin / ジン jin |kunyomi= おみ omi |jp= 臣/しん shin |hang= 신하 sinha |hanja= 신 sin
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.
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.
Evolution
File:臣-oracle.svg|Oracle bone script character File:臣-bronze.svg|Bronze script character File:臣-seal.svg|Small seal script character
Derived characters
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| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 臣 |
| +2 | 臤 臥 |
| +6 | 臦 |
| +8 | 臧 |
| +11 | 臨 臩 |
| :: |
Sinogram
As an independent sinogram it is a Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan. It is a fourth grade kanji.
References
References
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