# 臣 vassal

巨 (giant super huge) + 一 (one/line radical)
★☆☆☆☆
7 strokes
BETA
This kanji is mostly used as a radical, and more bad news: for some reason, all the kanji using the vassal radical tend to be super complex and similar-looking. Doh.

## Onyomi

SHIN, JIN | I command the vassal to bring us a SHINY new bottle of GIN!

## Mnemonic

| This kanji is 'gigantic' plus TWO VERTICAL LINES, which we can think of as crutches. .. My vassal is so gigantic, he needs 2 crazy vertical crutches and struts to not collapse, a la Salvador Dali.. . .no wait. . . fuck!! You do better. No wait, that is a pretty ok mnemonic. Check that vassal out! Look at 'im go!!! shit, after all that explanation, it's only a ＊

## Jukugo

大臣(だいじん) | Minister ★☆☆☆☆ 大 (big) + 臣 (vassal) = 大臣 (Minister ) cabinet Minister (Minister of Finance, Minister of Defense, Minister of Butts and Asses, etc.)

## Used In

- 緊
- 賢
- 覧
- 臨
- 姫
- 堅
- 蔵
- 監

## Synonyms

minister 大臣 閣僚