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師

JLPT N3 SL5 10 strokes Frequency: #563

Meanings

Expert, Teacher, Master, Model, Exemplar, Army (incl. Counter), War

Radicals

巾

Decomposition

⿰⿱丿㠯帀

Etymology

Ideographic: To skillfully wield 帀 a knife 㠯

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 10

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

2 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

3 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

4 horizontal bottom-to-top

5 corner bottom-to-top

6 horizontal bottom-to-top

7 horizontal right-to-left

8 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

9 hook bottom-right-to-top-left

10 vertical right-to-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

シ shi

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

いくさ ikusa

Words Using This Kanji

312 words total

Other (20 words)

手配師てはいし

(disreputable) recruiter of day laborers (labourers)

勝負師しょうぶし

gambler

香具師やし

stallkeeper (at a festival, fair, etc.)

研ぎ師とぎし

knife grinder (person)

研ぎ物師とぎものし

knife grinder (person)

chaser

prescriptionist

caster

piano tuner

horse trainer

engraver

licensed chef

animal trainer

nun

preceptor

speculator

train or bus thief

contractor

cabinetmaker

teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude)

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