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侍
Kanji meaning "waiter, samurai, wait upon"
Stroke order
Jiten frequency #1702
JLPT N1
Secondary
Kanken Level 3
WaniKani Level 44
RTK
KLC Volume 3
TMW Debut Idol
8 strokes
Meanings
waiter, samurai, wait upon, serve
On'yomi
ジ
シ
Kun'yomi
さむらい
はべ.る
Stroke order
(8 strokes)
Composed of
亻
radical number 9
radical
寺
Buddhist temple
phonetic
Components and stroke order from
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Reading usage
じ
59 (53%)
さむらい
28 (25%)
ざむらい
10 (9%)
し
7 (6%)
はべ
4 (4%)
さぶら
1 (1%)
さぶらい
1 (1%)
つこう
1 (1%)
侍
(
じ
)
女
(
じょ
)
lady attendant
#20307
侍
(
じ
)
従
(
じゅう
)
chamberlain
#39836
侍
(
じ
)
する
to wait upon
#42682
侍
(
じ
)
従
(
じゅう
)
長
(
ちょう
)
grand chamberlain
#68279
近
(
きん
)
侍
(
じ
)
attendant
#75941
侍
(
じ
)
医
(
い
)
court physician
#78478
侍
(
じ
)
者
(
しゃ
)
attendant
#107766
侍郎
(
じろう
)
Jirou
#132560
侍
(
じ
)
臣
(
しん
)
courtier
#133910
侍
(
じ
)
祭
(
さい
)
acolyte
#141639
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Most common words using this kanji
侍
(
さむらい
)
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period)
#12450
侍
(
じ
)
女
(
じょ
)
lady attendant
#20307
侍
(
はべ
)
る
to wait upon
#24422
侍
(
じ
)
従
(
じゅう
)
chamberlain
#39836
侍
(
じ
)
する
to wait upon
#42682
侍
(
じ
)
従
(
じゅう
)
長
(
ちょう
)
grand chamberlain
#68279
近
(
きん
)
侍
(
じ
)
attendant
#75941
侍
(
じ
)
医
(
い
)
court physician
#78478
若
(
わか
)
侍
(
ざむらい
)
young samurai
#80519
田舎
(
いなか
)
侍
(
ざむらい
)
(uncultured) country samurai
#86132
侍
(
さむらい
)
大
(
だい
)
将
(
しょう
)
samurai general (esp. during the Sengoku period)
#87104
侍
(
はべ
)
らす
to wait upon
#107069
侍
(
じ
)
者
(
しゃ
)
attendant
#107766
地
(
じ
)
侍
(
ざむらい
)
provincial samurai in the middle ages, who engaged in agriculture in peacetime
#112223
内
(
ない
)
侍
(
し
)
maid of honor
#116843
侍
(
はべ
)
らせる
to have someone wait upon one
#131496
侍郎
(
じろう
)
Jirou
#132560
侍
(
じ
)
臣
(
しん
)
courtier
#133910
侍
(
じ
)
祭
(
さい
)
acolyte
#141639
侍
(
じ
)
衛
(
えい
)
bodyguard
#141697
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