朕 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「月」
道準2High school level ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「月」
- On
- チン
- Kun
- —
- Meaning
- the imperial “we”
Origin
Originally a sign or omen; later reserved as the word a sovereign uses for himself.
Stroke order
Readings and examples
| チン | — |
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Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 朕ちん
I; we (used only by the sovereign)
- 朕兆ちんちょう
a sign; an omen
Example
詔書は「朕」の語で始まる。
The rescript begins with the imperial word for “we”.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)