Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1939 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: waiter, samurai, wait upon, serve

Kunyomi: さむらい はべ.る

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: man, human

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ジジュウ chamberlain

ジイ court physician

ナイシ maid of honor, maid of honour

バイジ retainer, attending on the nobility

ナイシ maid of honor, maid of honour

Kunyomi Examples

さむらい warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period), samurai, man in attendance (on a person of high standing), retainer

さむらいあり Polyergus samurai (species of amazon ant)

二四六九士 にしむくさむらい mnemonic for remembering the months with fewer than 31 days (ni, shi, mu, ku, etc.)

はべる to wait upon, to serve