Medoru
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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)
導師 どうし

officiating priest

良師 りょうし

good teacher

打物師 うちものし

smith

近衛師団 このえしだん

Imperial Guard Division (pre-1945)

連歌師 れんがし

renga poet

牧師館 ぼくしかん

parsonage

大師 だいし

great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)

寝業師 ねわざし

underhanded or Machiavelli-like person

洋裁師 ようさいし

dressmaker

薬師如来 やくしにょらい

Bhaisajyaguru (buddha able to cure all ills)

説教師 せっきょうし

preacher

色事師 いろごとし

lady-killer

思惑師 おもわくし

speculator

経師屋 きょうじや

scroll mounter

経師 きょうじ

scroll mounter

軽業師 かるわざし

acrobat

講釈師 こうしゃくし

professional storyteller

講談師 こうだんし

professional storyteller

弓師 ゆみし

bow maker

恩師 おんし

teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude)

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