The Chinese Radical: 臣


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Meaning
minister    臣

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 5
to hide away, to conceal, to harbor, depository
cáng, zàng
Top: plant , below: 臧 (fragment 爿, official , halberd )
The plant is the fragment that the official with the halberd is hiding away.
JLPT HSK 5
to lie (for sleeping), lie down

Left: minister, official (= eye wide open), right: divine (here: a rotated cover )
For the staring eyes you need a (rotated) cover if you want to lie down to sleep.
JLPT HSK 6
minister, official in charge, statesman
chén

An eye wide open represents the attentiveness of a minister.
JLPT no HSK
concubine, woman

Left: woman , right: minister, state official (An eye wide open represents the attentiveness of a minister)
The woman for the state official is the concubine.
JLPT no HSK
prosperous, splendid

Top: 巸 (minister [eye wide open], self ), bottom: fire
The minister himself must light the fire, to make it splendid.
JLPT no HSK
court eunuch, imperial official
huàn
Top: roof , bottom: minister (An eye wide open represents the attentiveness of a minister)
Under the roof is this minister: the eunuch.
JLPT no HSK
cheek, lower cheek, chin, jaw, to nourish

Left: minister, offical (here: image of left cheek with mouth ロ), right: page, head 页/ (head with shoulders and eyebrows )
The cheek at the head stands for: cheek or to nourish.

Radicals are shown here that are similar either in appearance or meaning.

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