士
man; gentleman; scholar; samurai; samurai radical (no. 33)
3 strokes. Taught in grade 5. Newspaper frequency rank 526.
Readings
- シ (on reading): 同士 (どうし) fellow; 弁護士 (べんごし) lawyer
- さむらい (kun reading): 二四六九士 (にしむくさむらい) nishimuku samurai (mnemonic for remembering the months with fewer than 31 days)
- Read as a whole word: 博士 (はかせ) doctor; 博士論文 (はかせろんぶん) doctoral dissertation; 天文博士 (てんもんはかせ) (ritsuryō system) teacher responsible for training in astronomy, astrology, calendar-making, etc.
Components
- 士 radical scholar; samurai
Kanji containing 士
- 売 sell
- 声 voice
- 仕 attend
- 吉 good luck
- 志 intention
- 壮 robust
- 款 goodwill
- 隷 slave
- 壷 jar
- 壱 one (in documents)
- 壯 big
- 屆 reach
- 壹 number one
- 壺 jar
- 壻 son-in-law
- 殼 husk
- 壼 palace corridor or passageway
- 壽 longevity
- 愨 respectful
- 賣 sell
- 轂 hub (of wheel)
- 蠧 worm-eaten
Words using 士
- 同士 (どうし) fellow
- 弁護士 (べんごし) lawyer
- 兵士 (へいし) soldier
- 富士山 (ふじさん) Mount Fuji
- 士 (し) man (esp. one who is well-respected)
- 博士 (はかせ) doctor
- 博士論文 (はかせろんぶん) doctoral dissertation
- 天文博士 (てんもんはかせ) (ritsuryō system) teacher responsible for training in astronomy, astrology, calendar-making, etc.
- 東方の三博士 (とうほうのさんはかせ) Magi
- 音博士 (おんはかせ) professor specializing in the readings of kanji in classic Confucianist texts
- 二四六九士 (にしむくさむらい) nishimuku samurai (mnemonic for remembering the months with fewer than 31 days)
- 徒士 (かち) foot soldier (Edo period)
- 古武士 (ふるつわもの) feudal warrior
- 徒士組 (かちぐみ) bodyguards in service of the shogun who would walk ahead of him on an outing (Edo period)
411 words in all.