Onyomi: シン, ジン · Kunyomi: - · Meanings: retainer, subject
Kanji for retainer, subject
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臣 is an ancient pictograph of a wide-open eye. In old times, a retainer stood before a ruler and had to watch closely, listen carefully, and never miss an order. Because a servant must always keep their eyes open and stay alert, this eye shape came to represent a subject or loyal retainer.
臣 is an eye that stays open to serve its ruler.
Imagine a servant before a king, standing still with wide-open eyes ????. That loyal, watchful servant is 臣.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 臣 | おみ | retainer, attendant | Noun |
| 臣 | やつこ | slave | Noun |
| 臣民 | しんみん | subject, national, citizen | Noun |
| 臣事 | しんじ | serving as a retainer | Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 臣籍 | しんせき | status of a subject | Noun |
| 臣節 | しんせつ | loyalty to one's master | Noun |
| 臣籍降下 | しんせきこうか | (of members of the Imperial family) becoming subjects of the state | Noun |
| 臣従 | しんじゅう | vassalage | Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 臣下 | しんか | retainer, subject, vassal, servant | Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 臣服 | しんぷく | vassalage | Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |