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朕 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「月」

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準2High school level ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「月」
On
チンちん · chin
Kun
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Meaning
the imperial “we”

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Originally a sign or omen; later reserved as the word a sovereign uses for himself.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onチンちんchin—

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 朕ちん

    I; we (used only by the sovereign)

  • 朕兆ちんちょう

    a sign; an omen

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

詔書(しょうしょ)は「朕(ちん)」の語(ご)で始(はじ)まる。

The rescript begins with the imperial word for “we”.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

朕兆朕兆sign肌skin肢limb月moon肋rib有to exi…亭pavili…沈sink枕pillow抻to str…珍rare
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 月Map of reading チンAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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