臣 meaning and pronunciation

臣
Simplified/traditional character

臣 English definition

chén

  • state official or subject in dynastic China
  • 'Your Servant', form of address used when speaking to a ruler
  • to submit oneself to the rule of or acknowledge allegiance to
  • to serve a ruler as his subject
  • Kangxi radical 168

HSK levels


Characters with the same pronunciation

  • 宸 : imperial apartments;
  • 尘 : dust; dirt; earth;
  • 忱 : sincerity; honesty;
  • 晨 : morning; dawn; daybreak;
  • 梣 : Chinese ash (Fraxinus chinensis);
  • 沉 : to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy;
  • 煁 : brazier;
  • 茞 : fragrant plant; angelica;
  • 蔯 : a variety of artemisia;
  • 谌 : faithful; sincere;
  • 辰 : 5th earthly branch: 7-9 a.m., 3rd solar month (5th April-4th May), year of the Dragon;
  • 陈 : to lay out; to exhibit; to display; to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell; old; stale;
  • 陳 : Chen

Words containing 臣, by HSK level