侍 – waiter, samurai, wait upon

8 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1939 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 侍 means waiter, samurai, wait upon, serve. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ジ、シ (ji, shi); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is さむらい、はべ.る (samurai, haberu). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 人 (no. 9).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ジ	ji
On’yomi	シ	shi
Kun’yomi	さむらい	samurai
Kun’yomi	はべ.る	haberu

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・寸・土.

Words using 侍

侍さむらいwarrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period)

Example sentences

『うぐいす侍』人間愛とユーモア溢れる侍物語。

"The Nightingale Samurai" is a samurai tale full of humanity and humour.

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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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