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紳

JLPT N1 11 strokes Frequency: #1790

Meanings

Sire, Good Belt, Gentleman

Radicals

糹

Decomposition

⿰糹申

Etymology

Pictophonetic: silk

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 11

Stroke Order

1 curve right-to-left

2 curve bottom-right-to-top-left

3 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

4 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

5 diagonal bottom-to-top

6 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

7 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

8 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

9 horizontal bottom-to-top

10 horizontal left-to-right

11 vertical right-to-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

シン shin

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

No common kun'yomi readings

Words Using This Kanji

14 words total

Other (14 words)

貴紳きしん

noble

紳士用しんしよう

for men

紳士協定しんしきょうてい

gentlemen's agreement

gentleman

suits for gentlemen

who's who

wealthy merchant

country gentleman

men's shoes

gentlemen of (high) eminence

old gentleman

gentlemanly

ladies and gentlemen

country gentleman (esp. one that's slightly unrefined)

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