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臣

臣 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “retainer”. It is treated as a basic building block: it is not broken down any further here. In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 911. It appears as a component in 7 other characters in this index.

Keyword
retainer
RTK frame
911
Strokes
7
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
シン, ジン
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
фиксатор, slave, servant
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
臣 minister

Decomposition

No decomposition is listed: this shape is used whole.

Characters that contain 臣

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