Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
waiter, samurai, wait upon, serve
Kun:
さむらいはべ.る
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1939 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 侍従 【ジジュウ】 chamberlain
  • 侍医 【ジイ】 court physician
  • 内侍 【ナイシ】 maid of honor, maid of honour, lady-in-waiting
  • 陪侍 【バイジ】 retainer, attending on the nobility
  • 内侍 【ナイシ】 maid of honor, maid of honour, lady-in-waiting

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
  • 侍蟻 【さむらいあり】 Polyergus samurai (species of amazon ant)
  • 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)
  • 七人の侍 【しちにんのさむらい】 Seven Samurai (film by Akira Kurosawa)
  • 侍る 【はべる】 to wait upon, to serve

Readings

Japanese names:
かみ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi4
Korean:
si

Spanish

  • sirviente
  • criado
  • samurai

Portuguese

  • garçom
  • samurai
  • esperar sobre
  • servir

French

  • serviteur
  • samouraï
  • servir
1326 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1823 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
427 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1446 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1046 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
559 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
571 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
580 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1878 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
90 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
94 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
62 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
66 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
985 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
589 Morohashi
85 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
192 New Nelson (John Haig)
976 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1050 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1150 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2148 2001 Kanji
2a6.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-6 SKIP code
2424.1 Four corner code
1-27-88 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f8d Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
sign 示 (礻)
Parts:
ritual, offer prayers, celebrate, deify, enshrine, worship
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
1124 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 祭典 【サイテン】 festival
  • 祭壇 【サイダン】 altar
  • 葬祭 【ソウサイ】 funerals and ceremonial occasions
  • 慰霊祭 【イレイサイ】 memorial service

Kun reading compounds

  • 祭る 【まつる】 to deify, to enshrine, to pray, to worship
  • 祭り 【まつり】 festival, feast, matsuri, harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob, online shaming, flaming, galore (as in "goals galore"), frenzy, mania
  • 祭り上げる 【まつりあげる】 to set up (in high position), to kick upstairs, to hold sacred, to worship
  • 秋祭り 【あきまつり】 autumn festival, fall festival, autumn matsuri
  • 葵祭 【あおいまつり】 Aoi Festival (Kyoto, May 15), Aoi Matsuri
  • 祭り 【まつり】 festival, feast, matsuri, harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob, online shaming, flaming, galore (as in "goals galore"), frenzy, mania
  • 祭り上げる 【まつりあげる】 to set up (in high position), to kick upstairs, to hold sacred, to worship
  • 秋祭り 【あきまつり】 autumn festival, fall festival, autumn matsuri
  • 葵祭 【あおいまつり】 Aoi Festival (Kyoto, May 15), Aoi Matsuri

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji4, zhai4
Korean:
je, chae

Spanish

  • celebración
  • fiesta
  • venerar
  • adorar

Portuguese

  • Festival
  • ritual
  • oferecer orações
  • celebrar
  • deificar
  • santificar
  • adorar

French

  • rituel
  • fête
  • prières
  • célébration
  • déifier
  • enchâsser
  • adoration
400 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
299 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
283 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
899 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3247 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
423 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
775 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1467 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
617 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
627 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
473 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1414 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3311 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1715 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2329 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1111 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24700 Morohashi
2672 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4092 New Nelson (John Haig)
1102 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1183 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
371 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2541 2001 Kanji
4e6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-5 SKIP code
2-7-4 SKIP code
2790.1 Four corner code
1-26-55 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
796d Unicode hex code