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士 — JLPT N1 Kanji — Detail

Onyomi: シ  ·  Kunyomi: さむらい  ·  Meanings: gentleman, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33), scholar

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Unicode: 58EB Strokes: 3
JLPT N1
Meanings
gentleman, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33), scholar
Onyomi
Kunyomi
さむらい
Name Readings
お, ま
JLPT
N1
Grade
4
Frequency
-
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Vocabulary Examples

Word Reading Meaning Meta
さむらい warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period), samurai common JLPT-N1 Noun
man (esp. one who is well-respected) Noun
士気 しき morale (of troops, team, etc.), esprit de corps common Noun
士官 しかん officer common Noun
士篤恒 ストックホルム Stockholm (Sweden) common Noun
士師記 ししき Judges (book of the Bible) Noun
士師 しし judge (of ancient China) Noun
士大夫 したいふ Chinese scholar-bureaucrat, Chinese scholar-official Noun
士農工商 しのうこうしょう hierarchy of samurai, farmers, artisans, and merchants in Edo society Noun
士卒 しそつ officers and soldiers, soldiers Noun
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