臣
chénChén HSK7

minister

臣 chén frequency
official noun
a state official or subject in dynastic China

他是一位忠于皇帝的近臣。

tā shì yī wèi zhōng​yú huáng​dì de jìn chén.

He was a courtier loyal to the emperor.

your servant pronoun
a humble first-person pronoun used by officials when addressing the sovereign

臣领旨。

chén lǐng zhǐ.

Your servant obeys your command.

radical 131 noun
the Kangxi radical 131 representing a minister or official

“藏”字的部首是臣。

“ cáng” zì de bù​shǒu shì chén.

The radical of the character "藏" is "臣".

臣 Chén
Chen noun
surname Chen

臣姓在中国并不多见。

Chén xìng zài Zhōng​guó bìng bù duō jiàn.

The surname Chen (臣) is quite rare in China.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,138th most common 126.9 per million
Movie subtitles
2,406th most common 9.97 per million appears in 4% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1.85 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
29.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+81E3

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)