Jisho

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3 strokes
Radical:
scholar, bachelor
Parts:
gentleman, scholar, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33)
Kun:
さむらい
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
526 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 士 【シ】 man (esp. one who is well-respected), samurai, person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed), member
  • 士官 【シカン】 officer
  • 飛行士 【ヒコウシ】 pilot
  • 公認会計士 【コウニンカイケイシ】 certified public accountant

Kun reading compounds

  • 侍 【さむらい】 warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period), samurai, man in attendance (on a person of high standing), retainer
  • 二四六九士 【にしむくさむらい】 nishimuku samurai (mnemonic for remembering the months with fewer than 31 days)

Readings

Japanese names:
お、 ま
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi4
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • caballero
  • samurai
  • hombre

Portuguese

  • cavalheiro
  • samurai

French

  • gentilhomme
  • samouraï
  • radical samouraï (no. 33)
410 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
521 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
494 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
301 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1160 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
59 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1173 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
41 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
572 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
581 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
755 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
393 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4213 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2129 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2877 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
325 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5638 Morohashi
3405 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1117 New Nelson (John Haig)
319 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
341 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
386 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
441 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1472 2001 Kanji
3p0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-2 SKIP code
4010.0 Four corner code
1-27-46 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
58eb Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
house on cliff 广
Parts:
广
commoner, all, bastard
On:
ショ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1558 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 庶民 【ショミン】 common people, ordinary people, masses
  • 庶民的 【ショミンテキ】 popular, folksy, plebeian, ordinary, unpretentious
  • 衆庶 【シュウショ】 the masses, common people
  • 士庶 【シショ】 samurai and commoners, normal people (as opposed to people of a high social standing)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shu4
Korean:
seo

Spanish

  • varios
  • muchos

Portuguese

  • mais comum
  • tudo
  • bastardo

French

  • peuple
  • roturier
  • tout
  • bâtard
1381 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1701 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1522 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1661 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1259 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1505 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1766 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1898 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1413 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
593 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3880 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1997 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2696 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1199 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9373 Morohashi
3127 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1625 New Nelson (John Haig)
1191 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1275 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1427 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
540 2001 Kanji
3q8.7 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-8 SKIP code
3-3-7 SKIP code
0023.7 Four corner code
1-29-78 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5eb6 Unicode hex code