| 624 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 720 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 693 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 490 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 113 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 547 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 496 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1130 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 409 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 415 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 967 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 563 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1680 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 892 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1211 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1277 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 8916 | Morohashi |
| 1326 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1562 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1269 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1361 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 438 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 714 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
563 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 師 【シ】 teacher, master, mentor, religious leader, specialist, five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)
- 獅子 【シシ】 lion, left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine
- 大師 【ダイシ】 great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)
- 歯科医師 【シカイシ】 dentist
Readings
- Japanese names:
- のし、 のり、 もろ、 かず、 つかさ、 みつ、 もと
- Korean:
- sa
Spanish
- maestro
- profesor
- experto
- técnico
Portuguese
- perito
- professor
- mestre
- exército
- guerra
French
- maître
- expert
- professeur
- exemplaire
- modèle
- armée
- guerre
| 844 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3f7.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-4 | SKIP code |
| 2172.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-27-53 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5e2b | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1718 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 匠 【ショウ】 craftsman, artisan, carpenter, (skilled) workman
- 匠気 【ショウキ】 affectation, desire to be impressive
- 師匠 【シショウ】 master, teacher, stable master
- 意匠 【イショウ】 design, idea, conception, plan
Kun reading compounds
- 匠 【たくみ】 craftsman, artisan, workman, carpenter, craft, craftsmanship, skill, dexterity, design, plot, scheme, artifice, trick
- 飛騨の匠 【ひだのたくみ】 system whereby the Hida region provided the central government 10 carpenters per village in place of taxes
Readings
- Korean:
- jang
Spanish
- artesano
- trabajador
Portuguese
- artesão
- carpinteiro
French
- artisan
- ouvrier
- charpentier
| 1388 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1491 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 761 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1532 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1107 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 503 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1359 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1443 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1715 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 236 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3711 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1900 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2581 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1709 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2605 | Morohashi |
| 2990 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 588 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1693 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1828 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1063 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3475 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2t4.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-2-4 | SKIP code |
| 7171.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-02 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5320 | Unicode hex code |