仕 – attend, doing, official

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The kanji 仕 means attend, doing, official, serve. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シ、ジ (shi, ji); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is つか.える (tsukaeru). It is written with 5 strokes, under radical 人 (no. 9).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シ	shi
On’yomi	ジ	ji
Kun’yomi	つか.える	tsukaeru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 人 (Kangxi radical 9). Components: 化・士.

Words using 仕

仕事しごとwork仕方しかたway仕様しようway仕方がないしかたがないthere's no (other) way仕上がるしあがるto be finished仕上しあげfinish仕掛しかけdevice仕組しくみstructure奉仕ほうしservice仕えるつかえるto serve仕上がりしあがりfinish仕上げるしあげるto finish up仕入れるしいれるto buy (stock, materials, etc.)仕掛けるしかけるto start仕立てるしたてるto tailor給仕きゅうじwaiting on a table仕切るしきるto partition

Example sentences

「あなたは仕事が気に入っていると思います」「いやそれどころか、嫌いです」

"I think you like your job." "On the contrary, I hate it."

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あなたはチェスの仕方を知っていますか。

Do you know how to play chess?

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仕様、価格は変更することがあります。

Specifications and price are subject to change.

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Kanji with the same radical

会人今代体作以保信件側任使係価住

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