Radical 131 or radical minister (臣部) meaning "minister" or "official" is one of the 29 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 6 strokes.

← 130 Radical 131 (U+2F82) 132 →
(U+81E3) "minister, official"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:chén
Bopomofo:ㄔㄣˊ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh:chern
Wade–Giles:chʻên2
Cantonese Yale:sàhn
Jyutping:san4
Japanese Kana:シン shin / ジン jin (on'yomi)
おみ omi (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:신 sin
Names
Japanese name(s):臣/しん shin
Hangul:신하 sinha
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In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 16 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

is also the 125th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.

Evolution

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Derived characters

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Strokes Characters
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Sinogram

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As an independent sinogram it is a Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.[1] It is a fourth grade kanji.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

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