English Definition: member of gentry
Chinese Definition:
①古代士大夫束腰的大带子，引申为束绅的人：绅束(用带子束腰，喻约束)。缙绅(旧时高官的装束，转用为官宦的代称)。
②旧称地方上有势力、有地位的人：绅士。乡绅。官绅。土豪劣绅。
Total strokes: 11;
Radical: 糸 Pictophonetic:申 indicates the sound;
糹 (silk) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:- ⿰ Left to right
- 糹 [ sī ] silk; thread
- 申 [ shēn ] to report; to extend; to explain; to declare
