| 绅 | |||
| girdle; tie, bind; gentry | |||
| Radical | 糸糹纟 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 5 | Total Strokes | 8 |
| Mandarin reading | shēn | Cantonese reading | san1 |
| Japanese on reading | Japanese kun reading | ||
| Korean reading | Vietnamese reading | ||
| Traditional Variant(s) | 紳 | girdle; tie, bind; gentry | |
| 绅 | [ shēn ] member of gentry |
| 绅士 | [ shēn shì ] gentleman |
| ⇒ 劣绅 | [ liè shēn ] evil gentry, wicked landlord |
| ⇒ 土豪劣绅 | [ tǔ haó liè shēn ] local bosses, shady gentry (idiom); dominant local mafia |
| ⇒ 太平绅士 | [ taì píng shēn shì ] Justice of the Peace (JP) |
| ⇒ 豪绅 | [ haó shēn ] local despot |
| ⇒ 乡绅 | [ xiāng shēn ] a scholar or government official living in one's village, a village gentleman, squire |