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仕

仕 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. つかえる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「人」+音符「士」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

attend, doing, official, serve

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • シElem.
  • ジHS
Kun (native)
  • つか(える)Elem.
Other languages
  • 拼音shi4
  • 한글sa
  • Hán-ViệtSĩ

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
5 strokes
Radical
人(ひと)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 3
Unicode
U+4ED5

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰亻士

Words using this kanji

  • 仕事しごとwork, job, labor, labour
  • 仕組みしくみしくみの漢字表記。structure, construction, arrangement, contrivance
  • 仕方しかたway, method, means, resource
  • 仕掛けしかけ「しかけ」の漢字表記。device, contrivance, mechanism, gadget
  • 仕手してdoer, performer, shite, protagonist
  • 仕様しよう物事のやり方。方法。仕方。 材料・製品・サービスなどが明確に満たさなければならない要求事項の集まり。スペック。way, method, means, resource
  • 仕入れしいれbuying (of stock, materials, etc.), purchasing, stocking, laying in
  • 仕上げしあげ「しあげ」の漢字表記。finish, finishing, finishing touches
  • 仕上がりしあがりfinish, end, completion, result
  • 仕切りしきりpartition, division, boundary, compartment
  • 仕立てしたてしたて 参照tailoring, sewing, cut, (special) preparation
  • 仕草しぐさgesture, movement, action, behavior
  • 仕込みしこみtraining, education, upbringing, stocking up
  • 仕業しわざ機械の操作や運転の仕事をすること。deed (esp. negative), act, action, one's doing
  • 仕事場しごとばplace where one works, construction site, working area
  • 仕送りしおくり「しおくり」参照。allowance, remittance, sending (someone) an allowance
  • 仕掛けるしかけるto start, to begin, to commence, to challenge
  • 仕入れるしいれるto buy (stock, materials, etc.), to purchase, to lay in, to stock
  • 仕えるつかえるto serve, to work for, to attend
  • 仕方がないしかたがないthere's no (other) way, cannot be helped, unavoidable, inevitable

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

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