臣
retainer; subject
7 strokes. Taught in grade 4. Newspaper frequency rank 1249.
Readings
- シン (on reading): 家臣 (かしん) vassal; 大臣 (だいじん) cabinet minister
- ジン (on reading)
- Read as a whole word: 朝臣 (あそん) Ason (second highest of the eight hereditary titles)
Components
Kanji containing 臣
- 監 oversee
- 臨 look to
- 姫 princess
- 腎 kidney
- 竪 length
- 臥 bend down
- 宦 official
- 熈 shine
- 臧 good
- 豎 vertical
- 覽 look at
- 鑒 take warning from
- 鹽 salt
Words using 臣
- 家臣 (かしん) vassal
- 大臣 (だいじん) cabinet minister
- 重臣 (じゅうしん) chief vassal
- 内閣総理大臣 (ないかくそうりだいじん) prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government)
- 外務大臣 (がいむだいじん) Minister for Foreign Affairs
- 朝臣 (あそん) Ason (second highest of the eight hereditary titles)
- 臣 (おみ) retainer
- 中臣祓 (なかとみのはらえ) grand purification ceremony (so-called because it was overseen by the Nakatomi family)
- 臣 (やつこ) slave
- 豊臣秀吉 (とよとみひでよし) Toyotomi Hideyoshi
117 words in all.