| 紳 | |||
| girdle; tie, bind; gentry | |||
| Radical | 糸糹纟 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 5 | Total Strokes | 11 |
| Mandarin reading | shēn | Cantonese reading | san1 |
| Japanese on reading | shin | Japanese kun reading | ooobi |
| Korean reading | sin | Vietnamese reading | thang |
| Simplified Variant(s) | 绅 | ||
| 紳 | |||
| girdle; tie, bind; gentry | |||
| Radical | 糸糹纟 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 5 | Total Strokes | 11 |
| Mandarin reading | shēn | Cantonese reading | san1 |
| Japanese on reading | shin | Japanese kun reading | ooobi |
| Korean reading | sin | Vietnamese reading | thang |
| Simplified Variant(s) | 绅 | ||
| 紳 | [ shēn ] member of gentry |
| 紳士 | [ shēn shì ] gentleman |
| ⇒ 劣紳 | [ liè shēn ] evil gentry, wicked landlord |
| ⇒ 土豪劣紳 | [ tǔ haó liè shēn ] local bosses, shady gentry (idiom); dominant local mafia |
| ⇒ 太平紳士 | [ taì píng shēn shì ] Justice of the Peace (JP) |
| ⇒ 豪紳 | [ haó shēn ] local despot |
| ⇒ 鄉紳 | [ xiāng shēn ] a scholar or government official living in one's village, a village gentleman, squire |