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Mythic Mandarin

臣 (Chén): meaning and stroke order

臣 (Chén) means surname Chen, state official or subject in dynastic China.

臣

Simplified
臣
Traditional
臣 (same form)
Pinyin
Chén

Stroke order of 臣

臣

  • Chén surname Chen
  • chén state official or subject in dynastic China; I, your servant (used in addressing the sovereign)
  • 6 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 臣

  1. Chén
    • surname Chen
  2. chén
    • state official or subject in dynastic China
    • I, your servant (used in addressing the sovereign)
    • Kangxi radical 131

Radical and structure

臣
Radical 臣 (Kangxi radical 131) · 6 strokes

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 臣

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).