Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N2

1249 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: retainer, subject

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: シン ジン

Radical

Radical:

Reading: しん

Meaning: minster, official

Strokes: 6

Examples

Examples with audio

下(しんか)   retainer

(かしん)   vassal, retainer

(じゅうしん)   chief vassal, senior statesman

(ちゅうしん)   loyal retainer, loyal subject

(だいじん)   cabinet minister

総理大(そうりだいじん)   Prime Minister

Onyomi Examples

オミ retainer, attendant, Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight), I, me

シンカ retainer, subject, vassal, servant

チュウシン loyal retainer, loyal subject

ジュウシン chief vassal, senior statesman

国務大 コクムダイジン minister of state, cabinet minister (Japan)

内大 ナイダイジン Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945), Minister of the Interior (669-1868)