臣 vassal

7 strokes

BETA

巨 (giant super huge) + 一 (one/line radical)

ONYOMI: SHIN, JIN

I command the vassal to bring us a SHINY new bottle of GIN!

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 ＊

DESCRIPTION: 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.

JUKUGO:

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

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