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大臣 (dà chén): meaning and stroke order

大臣 (dà chén) means chancellor (of a monarchy), cabinet minister.

大臣

Simplified
大臣
Traditional
大臣 (same form)
Pinyin
dà chén

Stroke order of 大臣

大

  • dà big; large; great; older (than another person)
  • dài see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
  • 3 strokes

Stroke by stroke

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 大臣

  1. dà chén
    • chancellor (of a monarchy)
    • cabinet minister

Radicals of the characters

大
Radical 大 (Kangxi radical 37) · 3 strokes · built from 一 and 人
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.

大臣 in our stories

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  • 龙王这才害怕起来，连夜去求唐太宗，因为负责行刑的，正是太宗的大臣魏征。

    Lóngwáng zhè cái hàipà qǐlai liányè qù qiú Táng Tàizōng yīnwèi fùzé xíngxíng de zhèngshì Tàizōng de dàchén Wèi Zhēng

    Only then did the Dragon King grow afraid. That very night he went to beg Emperor Taizong for help, for the one charged with the execution was none other than Taizong's minister Wei Zheng.

    From the story The Dragon King of the Jing River HSK 7–9 · Level 7

  • 有大臣出了个主意：从三面放火烧山，介子推是孝子，一定会背着母亲从另一面出来。

    yǒu dàchén chū le gè zhǔyi cóng sān miàn fànghuǒ shāo shān Jiè Zǐtuī shì xiàozǐ yídìng huì bēi zhe mǔqīn cóng lìng yí miàn chūlai

    A minister suggested setting fire to the mountain on three sides: Jie Zitui was a devoted son and would surely carry his mother out the fourth.

    From the story Cold Food Day and Qingming HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 大臣

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).