Level VII of XX on the frequency path
Frequency rank 795 / 2,608
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.
臣 is rank 795 of 2,608 in published Japanese.
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