師 – expert, teacher, master

10 strokesTaught in grade 5#563 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 師 means expert, teacher, master, model, exemplar, army (incl. counter), war. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シ (shi); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is いくさ (ikusa). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 巾 (no. 50).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シ	shi
Kun’yomi	いくさ	ikusa

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: 巾 (Kangxi radical 50). Components: ｜・一・巾・口.

Words using 師

医師いしdoctor技師ぎしengineer講師こうしspeaker漁師りょうしfisherman牧師ぼくしpastor

Example sentences

あの紳士は医師にちがいない。

That gentleman must be a doctor.

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トムは電気技師です。

Tom is an electrical engineer.

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講師は本題から脱線してしまった。

The speaker wandered away from the subject.

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Kanji with the same radical

市常席帰幅帯幕布希帳帽幣巾

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