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JLPT N1 SL4 5 strokes Frequency: #759

Meanings

Director, Official, Govt Office, Rule, Administer

Radicals

Decomposition

⿹?口

Etymology

Ideographic: A person speaking orders 口 and raising their arm

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 5

Stroke Order

1 hook bottom-right-to-top-left
2 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
3 vertical bottom-to-top
4 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
5 horizontal bottom-to-top
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
shi
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
つかさど tsukasado

Words Using This Kanji

107 words total
Other (20 words)
菓子司 かしつかさ

Japanese confectionery store (orig. one of high standing, supplying the imperial court, etc.)

厚司 あつし

elm bark clothes traditionally worn by the Ainu

采女司 うねめのつかさ

Office of Court Ladies (ritsuryō system)

聴罪司祭 ちょうざいしさい

father confessor

連合国総司令部 れんごうこくそうしれいぶ

General Headquarters (office of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers; 1945-1952)

連合国最高司令官総司令部 れんごうこくさいこうしれいかんそうしれいぶ

General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (1945-1952)

連合国最高司令官総司令部 れんごうこくさいこうしれいかんそうしれいぶ

General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (1945-1952)

アメリカ極東軍司令部 アメリカきょくとうぐんしれいぶ

Far East Command

連合国最高司令官 れんごうこくさいこうしれいかん

Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (in Japan)

郡司 ぐんじ

district governor (under the ritsuryō system)

司政官 しせいかん

provisional administrator in occupied territory during WWII

司法妨害 しほうぼうがい

obstruction of justice

司令船 しれいせん

command module (e.g. Apollo's)

司令・機械船 しれいきかいせん

command-service module (e.g. Apollo spacecraft)

クソ上司 クソじょうし

asshole boss

福祉司 ふくしし

welfare official

人質司法 ひとじちしほう

hostage justice

司法試験法 しほうしけんほう

Bar Examination Act

権宮司 ごんぐうじ

associate chief priest

獄司 ごくし

jail warden