臣
Meanings
- state official or subject in dynastic China
- I, your servant (used in addressing the sovereign)
- Kangxi radical 131
- surname Chen
In sentences
良禽择木而栖,贤臣择主而事。A prudent bird chooses its tree. A wise servant chooses his master. #392246
溥天之下,莫非王土;率土之滨,莫非王臣。Under the vast heaven, no land is not the king's land; at the edges of the land, no one is not the king's subject. #12705200
Words with 臣
- 大臣 chancellor (of a monarchy)
- 臣民 subject (of a kingdom, ruler etc)
- 功臣 meritorious official
- 君臣 a ruler and his ministers (old)
- 重臣 important minister
- 忠臣 faithful official
- 奸臣 a treacherous court official
- 朝臣 court councilor
- 文臣 civilian court official (in former times)
- 臣子 official in feudal court
- 微臣 this small official
- 臣妾 I, your servant (self-appellation of a…