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臣

Level VII of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 795 / 2,608

Servant

On’yomi
しん
Kun’yomi
—
Radical
臣 Minister (Kangxi 131)

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

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

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 ministerN3
総理大臣 そうりだいじん Prime MinisterN2

臣 is rank 795 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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