shen1
member of gentry

strokes 8
radical
strokes after radical 5
豪绅 豪紳 hao2 shen1
local despot

绅士 紳士 shen1 shi4
gentleman

太平绅士 太平紳士 tai4 ping2 shen1 shi4
Justice of the Peace (JP)

土豪劣绅 土豪劣紳 tu3 hao2 lie4 shen1
local bosses, shady gentry (idiom); dominant local mafia

乡绅 鄉紳 xiang1 shen1
a scholar or government official living in one's village; a village gentleman; squire