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Kanji Information Sheet for 士 ( 
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| English: gentleman samurai | On-Yomi: シ | Kun-Yomi: お ま さむらい |
Bushu (Radical) Info: 士 (さむらい) – samurai
Henshall Mnemonic: samurai stands erect
Levels: JLPT N1 | JLPT 1 (old) | Grade 4
Frequency: #526 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #526 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N3 Words
JLPT N2 Words
JLPT N1 Words
- 同士 [どうし]
(n) fellow; companion; comrade [K] [D] [Jisho] - 学士 [がくし]
(n) university graduate [K] [D] [Jisho] - 兵士 [へいし]
(n) soldier [K] [D] [Jisho] - 修士 [しゅうし]
(n) Masters degree program [K] [D] [Jisho] - 紳士 [しんし]
(n) gentleman [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 剣士 [けんし]
(n) fencer [K] [D] [Jisho] - 国士 [こくし]
(n) distinguished citizen; patriot [K] [D] [Jisho] - 富士山 [ふじさん]
Mt Fuji [K] [D] [Jisho] - 富士通 [ふじつう]
Fujitsu [K] [D] [Jisho] - 税理士 [ぜいりし]
(n) tax counsellor [K] [D] [Jisho] - 士官 [しかん]
(n) officer [K] [D] [Jisho] - 士気 [しき]
(n) morale (of troops, team, etc.) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 代議士 [だいぎし]
(n) parliamentarian; member of a congress [K] [D] [Jisho] - 力士 [りきし]
(n) Japanese (sumo) wrestler; strong man [K] [D] [Jisho] - 闘士 [とうし]
(n) fighter (for); militant; champion (of); boxer [K] [D] [Jisho] - 宇宙飛行士 [うちゅうひこうし]
astronaut [K] [D] [Jisho] - 公認会計士 [こうにんかいけいし]
certified public accountant [K] [D] [Jisho] - 飛行士 [ひこうし]
(n) pilot [K] [D] [Jisho] - 建築士 [けんちくし]
(n) (authorized) architect and builder [K] [D] [Jisho] - 勇士 [ゆうし]
(n) brave warrior; hero; brave man [K] [D] [Jisho] - 修士課程 [しゅうしかてい]
master's course [K] [D] [Jisho] - 博士 [はくし]
(n) doctorate; PhD [K] [D] [Jisho] - 騎士 [きし]
(n) knight [K] [D] [Jisho] - 弁護士 [べんごし]
(n) lawyer; attorney [K] [D] [Jisho] - 棋士 [きし]
(n) shogi player [K] [D] [Jisho] - 運転士 [うんてんし]
(n) mate; (ship's) officer [K] [D] [Jisho] - 栄養士 [えいようし]
(n) nutritionist [K] [D] [Jisho] - 紳士協定 [しんしきょうてい]
gentlemen's agreement [K] [D] [Jisho] - 戦士 [せんし]
(n) soldier; combatant; warrior [K] [D] [Jisho] - 四十七士 [しじゅうしちし]
Forty-Seven Loyal Retainers [K] [D] [Jisho]
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.