This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: シン、ジン
Romaji: shin, jin
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Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: おみ、たか、と、とみ、み
Romaji: omi, taka, to, tomi, mi
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

retainer, subject

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  7
Radical Number:  131
Frequency:  1249
Grade:  4
Skip Pattern:  3-3-4
Korean Reading:  sin
Chinese Reading:  chen2
Unicode:  81e3
JIS:  3F43

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3068
Nelson Index: 3837
New Nelson Index: 4894
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2t4.3
Four Corner Index: 7171.7
Guide to Remembering Index: 512
Gakken Index: 981
Japanese Names Index: 527
Daikanwanjiten Index: 30068
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 9.0386
Remembering the kanji Index: 848
Kanji Flashcards Index: 855
Kodansha Compact Index: 1805
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 543
Kanji in Context Index: 1003
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1948
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2642
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 856
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 911
Essential Kanji Index: 435
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3806
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3475
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 436
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 484

Words

(やつこ、つぶね、やつこらま)
slave; retainer; servant; captive; varlet; I; me
大臣 (だいじん)
cabinet minister
大殿 (おとど)
minister (of government); noble; nobleman's residence
重臣 (じゅうしん)
chief vassal; senior statesman
法務大臣 (ほうむだいじん)
Minister of Justice
(おみ、しん)
retainer; attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); I (used by a servant when speaking to his master); me
家臣 (かしん)
vassal; retainer
忠臣蔵 (ちゅうしんぐら)
performance or narrative based on the story of the Forty-seven Ronin (esp. the Kanadehon Chushingura, an epic puppet play first performed in 1748)
国務大臣 (こくむだいじん)
Minister of State
朝臣 (ちょうしん)
courtier
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