臣
臣 in English
- state official or subject in dynastic China / I, your servant (used in addressing the sovereign) / Kangxi radical 131
Stroke order
Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 18 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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国王受够了他的大臣们总是对他阿谀奉承，于是把他们遣散了。
The king was tired of his sycophants always praising him, so he sent them away.
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良禽择木而栖，贤臣择主而事。
A prudent bird chooses its tree. A wise servant chooses his master.
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领主对他的臣民有绝对权力。
The lord held absolute power over his subjects.