member of gentry

= + : Sherlock Holmes (sh) wants to become a member of the gentry (绅) and is reading a style guide (申) in front of the encampment ((e)n1). Unfortunately he doesn't quite get the book and subsequently dresses himself with live silk worms (纟).

紳 character breakdown

old name for Shanghai 上海[Shang4 hai3] / surname Shen
to extend / to state / to explain / 9th earthly branch: 3-5 p.m., 7th solar month (7th August-7th September), year of the Monkey / ancient Chinese compass point: 240°

= + : Sherlock Holmes uses a microphone and a dinosaur bone as pointer to explain the history of the encampment to the audience standing in front of it. He likes to present himself as an expert, but he's a faker: All his explanations come from his textbook.
"silk" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 120), occurring in 紅|红[hong2], 綠|绿[lü4], 累[lei4] etc / also pr. [mi4]

A silk worm.

Characters with 紳 as component

紳 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 紳

a scholar or government official living in one's village / a village gentleman / squire
local bosses, shady gentry (idiom); dominant local mafia
evil gentry / wicked landlord

Sentences with 紳

紳 currently does not appear in any sentence.