# 臣 — Servant

Frequency rank 795 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 敗 (Failure), less common than 固 (Hard).

- On’yomi: しん
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 臣 Minister (Kangxi 131)
- Frequency path: Level VII of XX

The character looks like a person bowing low with their eye cast downward -- that hunched, submissive posture of a loyal servant.

In words:

- 大臣 だいじん — cabinet minister
- 総理大臣 そうりだいじん — Prime Minister

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