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    3. 侍

    侍

    侍さむらい

    waiter

    N1KMT9Freq #1939Core ConceptsKanji8 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    さむらいはべ.る

    On'yomi

    ジシ

    Nanori

    かみ

    waitersamuraiwait uponserve

    亻寺

    亻
    人
    土
    寸

    Stroke 0 / 8

    Speed1.0x

    佳倖付坿倒俯傅傲佳倖寺峙垈坿時俯付傅奪傳

    Alternative forms of this concept

    亻
    𠆢

    Concepts using this kanji

    侍従

    chamberlain

    侍

    warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period)

    侍医

    court physician

    三一侍

    low-ranking samurai

    侍女

    lady attendant

    七人の侍

    Seven Samurai (film by Akira Kurosawa)

    内侍

    maid of honor

    地侍

    provincial samurai in the middle ages, who engaged in agriculture in peacetime

    国侍

    provincial samurai

    侍者

    attendant

    侍大将

    samurai general (esp. during the Sengoku period)

    侍気質

    samurai spirit

    侍立

    assisting (a dignitary)

    侍衛長

    captain of the guard

    侍従武官

    emperor's aide-de-camp

    侍従官

    chamberlain

    近侍

    attendant

    侍従長

    grand chamberlain

    侍史

    respectfully

    田舎侍

    (uncultured) country samurai

    侍所

    Board of Retainers (Kamakura and Muromachi-period government office)

    侍従職

    board of chamberlains

    若侍

    young samurai

    侍衛

    bodyguard

    侍読

    imperial tutor

    侍講

    tutor to a daimyo, etc.

    徒侍

    humble samurai who served as a body guard on foot

    遠侍

    guard house in a samurai style house (Kamakura period)

    典侍

    maid of honor

    犬侍

    cowardly or depraved samurai

    侍祭

    acolyte

    侍臣

    courtier

    奉侍

    serving

    侍り

    to wait upon

    侍ジャパン

    Samurai Japan (national baseball team)

    侍する

    to wait upon

    侍る

    to wait upon

    侍らす

    to wait upon

    侍僧

    acolyte

    侍蟻

    Polyergus samurai (species of amazon ant)

    脇侍

    flanking image (e.g. in a Buddha triad)

    侍妾

    concubine

    陪侍

    retainer

    侍曹

    respectfully

    芋侍

    rustic samurai

    侍婢

    lady-in-waiting

    鮒侍

    cowardly, good-for-nothing samurai from the countryside

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 亻
    • 人
    • 土
    • 寸

    is_used_in

    • 侍
    • 侍する
    • 侍る
    • 侍医
    • 侍衛
    • 侍衛長
    • 侍気質
    • 侍講
    • 侍祭
    • 侍史
    • 侍者
    • 侍従
    • 侍従官
    • 侍従職
    • 侍従長
    • 侍従武官
    • 侍女
    • 侍臣
    • 侍僧
    • 侍読
    • 侍立
    • 侍婢
    • 典侍
    • 内侍
    • 犬侍
    • 近侍
    • 田舎侍
    • 芋侍
    • 国侍
    • 陪侍
    • 侍らす
    • 若侍
    • 脇侍
    • 侍蟻
    • 地侍
    • 鮒侍
    • 遠侍
    • 侍所
    • 徒侍
    • 奉侍
    • 侍り
    • 三一侍
    • 侍大将
    • 侍妾
    • 侍曹
    • 七人の侍
    • 侍ジャパン

    Similar concepts

    • 佳
    • 倖
    • 付
    • 坿
    • 倒
    • 俯
    • 傅
    • 傲
    • 寺
    • 峙
    • 垈
    • 時
    • 奪
    • 傳

    Variants

    • 𠆢

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