Kanji: 士

    • Meaning : gentleman,samurai,"samurai radical (no. 33)"
    • ON reading :
    • KUN reading :
    • Nanori : お,ま
    • Stroke count : 3
    • Frequency of use ranking : 526
    • Jouyou grade level : 4
    • JLPT : 1
    • Radical :

Words containing that kanji:


  • れる - さくしさくにおぼれる - Craft brings nothing home
  • | - じざむらい - provincial samurai in the middle ages, who engaged in agriculture in peacetime
  • - ほうむはくし - Juris Doctor
  • - てつがくはかせ - doctor of philosophy/PhD
  • - ししょ - samurai and commoners | normal people (as opposed to people of a high social standing)
  • - すきどうし - lover/boyfriend/girlfriend/soul mate
  • - ふじあざみ | フジアザミ - Fuji thistle/Cirsium purpuratum
  • - しんしふう - gentlemanly/gentlemanlike/in the manner of a gentleman
  • - しじん - samurai | person of extensive learning/person of great culture/person of superior social standing
  • - はくばのきし - white knight/knight in shining armor
  • - しゃかいほけんろうむし - licensed social insurance consultant/social insurance worker
  • - がくせいどうし - fellow students
  • - いがくし - Bachelor of Medicine/MB
  • - いがくぎじゅつし - medical technician
  • - いちげんこじ | いちごんこじ - person who is ready to comment on every subject/ready critic
  • - いっし - private first-class (JSDF)
  • - うんてんし - driver/train driver/train engineer/motorman/taxi driver | mate/(ship's) officer
  • - いんし - hermit/recluse
  • - うちゅうひこうし - astronaut
  • - えいようし - nutritionist
  • - かし - noncommissioned officer
  • - かしかんへい - enlisted man
  • - かしかん - non-commissioned officer
  • - かいけいし - (certified public) accountant
  • - がくし - university graduate
  • - がくし - musician/bandsman
  • - かんごし - (male) nurse
  • - きし - knight
  • - きし - shogi or go player
  • - ぎじゅつどうし - technical works
  • - ぎし - councillor/councilor/legislator
  • - きしどう - chivalry
  • - かたきどうし - enemy
  • - ぐんし - soldiers
  • - かいごふくしし - (certified) care worker
  • - けいえいがくしゅうし - Master of Business Administration/MBA
  • - けっし - hero/great man
  • - けいりし - public accountant
  • - けんし - fencer
  • - りがくし - Bachelor of Science/BSc/BS
  • - ろうしんし - old gentleman/elderly gentleman
  • - こうにんかいけいし - certified public accountant
  • - こくし - distinguished citizen/patriot
  • - ぶんがくしゅうし - Master of Arts/MA
  • | - まどうきし - knight wizard/mage knight
  • - さくし - intriguer/tactician/schemer/machinator
  • - さんし - recruit (JSDF)
  • - しき - morale (of troops, team, etc.)/esprit de corps
  • - しのうこうしょう - hierarchy of samurai, farmers, artisans, and merchants in Edo society
  • | - さんもんぶんし - hack writer
  • やめ | ヤメ - ヤメけんべんごし | やめけんべんごし - former public prosecutor who now works as a lawyer/prosecutor-turned-lawyer
  • - しかん - officer
  • - しじょ - men and women/the whole town
  • - しかんがっこう - military academy
  • - しちょう - leading private (JSDF)
  • - しくんし - gentleman/man of learning and virtue
  • - しし - patriot/public-spirited person
  • - こっし - bhikkhu (fully ordained Buddhist monk)
  • - きゅうきゅうきゅうめいし - paramedic/emergency medical technician
  • - ぶしことば - samurai words & phrases
  • - ふじざくら - Fuji cherry (Prunus incisa)
  • - しゅうし - Masters degree program (programme)
  • - しゅうどうし - monk/friar
  • - じゅんしかん - warrant-officer
  • - じゅうじぐんきし - the Crusaders
  • - しょうがくし - Bachelor of Commercial Science
  • - しゅんし - genius
  • - しょうぼうし - fireman/firefighter
  • - しょうそうしかん - youth officer
  • - しょうがくはくし - Doctor of Commercial Science
  • - しかえいせいし - dental hygienist
  • - しんしよう - for men/male-
  • - しんしふく - suits for gentlemen/menswear
  • - じんし - well-bred man/people
  • - しんしきょうてい - gentlemen's agreement
  • テンプル - テンプルきしだん - Knights Templar/Knights Templars
  • - しんし - gentleman
  • - にんげんどうし - mankind/the human creature/fellow creatures
  • - ししき - Book of Judges (of the Bible)
  • - ぜいりし - tax counsellor/tax counselor/licensed tax accountant
  • - せんし - soldier/combatant/warrior
  • - あみとうし - retiarius (type of gladiator)/net fighter
  • - だいぎし - parliamentarian/member of a congress
  • - えじ | えいし - soldiers of the ritsuryo system that guarded gates of the imperial palace, the court, etc. | term used in error to refer to young men that were made to do forced labour in the ritsuryo system | guards originally stationed at the grand shrine at Ise and shrine at Atsuta, Nagoya to protect the officials there
  • - なかまどうし - comrades
  • - しし - judge (of ancient China) | judge (leader of ancient Israel)
  • - さんはかせ - Three Wise Men
  • - あこうぎし - The 47 Ronin
  • - どうし - fellow/mutual/companion/comrade/bonding
  • - きぎょうせんし - corporate warrior (exceptionally dedicated and hard-working employee)
  • - りんしょうしんりし - clinical psychologist/clinical psychotherapist
  • - にし - private (JSDF)
  • - はかせ | はくし - doctorate/PhD/Dr (as a title) | expert/learned person
  • - はかせごう | はくしごう - doctor's degree/doctorate/PhD
  • - はくしかてい | はかせかてい - doctoral course
  • - はんし - judge advocate
  • - ひこうし - pilot
  • - ふじつう - Fujitsu
  • | | - ふじさん - Mt Fuji
  • - しぞくのしょうほう - amateurish and haughty way of doing business/venturing into an unfamiliar line of business (and often failing)
  • - きしょうよほうし - weather forecaster
  • - かげふじ - shadow cast by Mount Fuji/image of Mount Fuji as reflected in a lake, etc.
  • - ぶしどう - Bushido/samurai code of chivalry
  • - ぶしかいきゅう - warrior class
  • - べんごしかい - bar association
  • - しんしようそうしんぐしょうにん - haberdasher
  • - へいし - soldier
  • - いっとうこうかいし - first mate/first officer
  • - べんごし - lawyer/attorney
  • - べんりし - patent attorney/patent agent
  • - べんし - lecturer/rhetorician/narrator in Japanese silent cinema
  • - むめいせんし - unknown soldier
  • | | | - まどうし - sorcerer/wizard/mage
  • - がくしごう - baccalaureate/bachelor's degree
  • - めいし - celebrity/personage
  • - ゆうし - brave warrior/hero/brave man
  • - ふじじゅうこう - Fuji Heavy Industries
  • - よびしかんがっこう - reserve officers' cadet school
  • - しゃいんどうし - one's fellow workers/fellow employees
  • - おんはかせ | こえのはかせ | おんぱかせ - professor specializing in the readings of kanji in classic Confucianist texts
  • - りきし - sumo wrestler/rikishi | strong man
  • - ろうし - ronin/lordless samurai
  • - あこうろうし - 47 Ronin/Ako Roshi
  • - ぎきょうのし - paladin
  • | | | - きょうじ | わきじ - flanking attendant to the main deity of veneration in a temple
  • | 々 - たしせいせい | たしさいさい - galaxy of able persons/collection of intellectuals
  • - むせんつうしんし - radio communication operator
  • - いがくはかせ | いがくはくし - MD/Doctor of Medicine
  • - かていはかせ | かていはくし - doctoral degree (e.g. PhD) after completing a course of study
  • | - ぶし | ぶふ | もののふ - warrior/samurai
  • - けんとうし - gladiator
  • - ぶしかたぎ | ぶしきしつ - samurai spirit
  • - はかせろんぶん | はくしろんぶん - Doctoral dissertation
  • - かいごし - carer/nurse
  • - ふじさんちょう - the peak of Mt Fuji
  • - ろんぶんはかせ | ろんぶんはくし - doctoral degree (e.g. PhD) by thesis only
  • - しきそそう - demoralization/collapse of morale/one's morale being shaken
  • | | - ふるつわもの | こへい | こぶし - feudal warrior/samurai | old soldier/veteran/old hand
  • ち | | ち | - どうしうち | どしうち - friendly fire/killing each other by mistake | internecine strife
  • - りょうほうし - therapist
  • - しきおうせい - morale being very high/heightened fighting spirit
  • - しきこうよう - raise (lift) morale/have an inspiring effect on morale
  • - がくしにゅうがく - admission of university graduates to an undergraduate program
  • - きけんしんし - gentlemen of (high) eminence/notables/dignitaries
  • - こぶしぜん - having something of the old-time samurai about one
  • - れっし - upright man/patriot/hero
  • - しょしおうぎ - wayward (irresponsible) criticisms of political matters by private citizens
  • - とうし - fighter (for)/militant/champion (of)/boxer
  • - ぶんがくし - Bachelor of Arts
  • | - こいびとどうし - pair of lovers/girlfriend and boyfriend
  • - こんごうりきし - the guardian gods (at a temple gate)
  • - しゅうしかてい - master's course
  • エレベーター - エレベーターりきし - sumo wrestler that keeps going up and down the rankings
  • - こうがくし - Bachelor of Engineering
  • - むるいりきし - sumo wrestler of grand champion quality but without the title
  • - りきしかい - association of salaried sumo wrestlers
  • - しんちょうこじ - very cautious person/very prudent person/very discreet person
  • - べんごしじむしょ - law office/lawyer's office/attorney's office
  • - とうぎゅうし - matador/bullfighter
  • - はんし - feudal retainer or warrior
  • - てきどうし - mutual enemies
  • - たいし - regimental soldier
  • | - ひかえりきし - sumo wrestler waiting his turn by the ring
  • - ぐがんのし - discerning man
  • - こじ - a lay Buddhist
  • - ぶんし - man of letters/literary man
  • - けんちくし - (authorized) architect and builder (authorised)
  • - ふしはかせ - (musical) intonation marks
  • - べんごしひよう - legal fee
  • - ぶんがくはかせ - a Doctor of Literature
  • - じゆうせんし - freedom fighter
  • - りがくりょうほうし - physiotherapist
  • - やくりきし - (member of one of) the top four ranks of sumo wrestlers
  • - しゃないべんごし - in-house lawyer
  • - ぎし - loyal retainer
  • - しかぎこうし - dental technician
  • - とくぎょうし - specialty school graduate
  • - しんがくし - Doctor of Divinity
  • - しんしてき - gentlemanly
  • - がくしいん - Japan Academy
  • - がくしいんしょう - Japan Academy award
  • - しんしろく - (who's who) directory
  • - どうし - a person of high morals/a Taoist
  • - きかんし - engineer
  • - しょうし - officers and men
  • - そうし - young man in his prime/swaggerer/ruffian
  • - ぎじゅつし - consulting engineer
  • - ほうがくし - Bachelor of Laws
  • - しかんこうほせい - military cadet
  • - しんじ | しんし - male lay devotee | title affixed to man's posthumous Buddhist name | believer
  • - しぞく - family or person with samurai ancestors
  • - こうし - man of noble character
  • - しどう - chivalry/samurai code
  • - しほうしょし - judicial clerk
  • - ふじつぼ - corn barnacle
  • - りくぐんしかんがっこう - (US) Military Academy
  • - しそつ - officers and soldiers/soldiers
  • - しこんしょうさい - having a samurai's spirit and a merchant's business sense
  • - そうじゅうし - pilot
  • - ごうし - country samurai
  • - ふじぎぬ - Fuji silk
  • - りがくはかせ | りがくはくし - Doctor of Science/DSc
  • - ふじかわ - river in Shizuoka Prefecture
  • - ふじびたい - brow resembling outline of Mt. Fuji
  • - ふじごこ - the Five Lakes of Mt. Fuji
  • - こくしむそう - distinguished person
  • - しゅうしろんぶん - master's thesis
  • - そくりょうし - registered surveyor
  • - あいこくのしし - patriot
  • - こうがくはかせ | こうがくはくし - Doctor of Engineering
  • - こうかいし - mate/navigation officer
  • - ぎょうせいしょし - notary public
  • - こもんべんごし - legal adviser/legal advisor/corporation lawyer/family lawyer
  • - こうがくしゅうし - Master of Engineering
  • | 1 - いっとうりくし - private first-class
  • - しぶん - status of samurai
  • - しんしぐつ - men's shoes
  • - ぶしのかがみ - paragon of knighthood
  • - しじゅうしちし - The 47 Ronin
  • - ぶんしのたまご - hatching writer
  • - りがくしゅうし - Master of Science
  • えの - ひかえのりきし - sumo wrestler waiting at the ringside
  • - ぶんしれん - the literary set
  • - ぶしどうのはな - flower of chivalry (Bushido)
  • - とくがくのし - devoted scholar/diligent student