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漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

朕: majestic plural, imperial we

JLPT N110 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

月 carries the meaning · 关 is drawn in

10 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

チンchin · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 朕ちんWe

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“It looks like the moon, but it's actually muscle! When you see this "moon" on the left side of a character, don't think of the night sky—think of your own body.”
More in the 月 meat story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
月

Also built on meat (月)

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关

Also built on 关

朕 gives its sound to

Sound parts: KanjiVG.

Also read チン

10 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
朕 majestic plural · 月
vs咲 blossom · 口
朕 has 月 where 咲 has 口.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhèn

Same form: 朕 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
朕 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
朕 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin zhèn most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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