Kanji Study

Bushu (Radical) Info:
人 (ひと) – person
化 (カ, ケ, ば.ける, ば.かす, ふ.ける, け.する) – change; take the form of; influence; enchant; delude; -ization
个 (カ , コ, こ, ひ) – counter for articles; individual

Henshall Mnemonic: samurai is person who works and serves

Levels: JLPT N4 | JLPT 3 (old) | Grade 3
Frequency: #439 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N5 Words

• 仕事   [しごと]
  (adj-no,n) work; occupation; employment   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N4 Words

• 仕方   [しかた]
  (n) way; method; means; resource; course   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N3 Words

• 仕舞う   [しまう]
  (v5u) (uk) to finish; to close; to do something completely; to put away; to put an end to   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 仕方がない   [しかたがない]
  (adj,exp) it can't be helped; it's inevitable; it's no use; can't stand it; being impatient; being annoyed   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 奉仕   [ほうし]
  (n) attendance; service   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 仕える   [つかえる]
  (v1) to serve; to work for   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 仕掛け   [しかけ]
  (n) device; trick; mechanism; gadget; (small) scale; half finished; commencement; set up; challenge   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 仕掛ける   [しかける]
  (v1) to commence; to lay (mines); to set (traps); to wage (war); to challenge   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 仕上がり   [しあがり]
  (n) finish; end; completion   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 仕上げ   [しあげ]
  (n) end; finishing touches; being finished   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 仕上げる   [しあげる]
  (v1,vt) to finish up; to complete   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 仕組み   [しくみ]
  (n,vs) (1) structure; construction; arrangement; contrivance; (2) plan; plot; contrivance   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 仕入れる   [しいれる]
  (v1) to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 仕様   [しよう]
  (n) way; method; resource; remedy; (technical) specification   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 仕立てる   [したてる]
  (v1) to tailor; to make; to prepare; to train; to send (a messenger)   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 仕業   [しわざ]
  (n) act; action; deed   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 仕込み   [しこみ]
  (n) training; stocking up; preparation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 仕事場   [しごとば]
  (n) place where one works; construction site; working area   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 仕手   [して]
  (n) protagonist; hero; leading part   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• お仕舞い   [おしまい]
  (n) the end; closing; being done for   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 仕切り   [しきり]
  (n) partition; division; boundary; compartment; settlement of accounts; toeing the mark   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 仕草   [しぐさ]
  (n) action; acting; gesture; bearing; treatment; behavior   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 仕送り   [しおくり]
  (n) allowance; remittance   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 仕入れ   [しいれ]
  (n) stocking; buying up   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 仕立て   [したて]
  (n) tailoring; dressmaking; sewing; making; preparation   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 仕 at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.