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: ジ シ
Composition: 亻 寺
Radical: 人
Meaning: man, human
侍従 （ジジュウ） chamberlain
侍医 （ジイ） court physician
内侍 （ナイシ） maid of honor, maid of honour
陪侍 （バイジ） retainer, attending on the nobility
侍 （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
侍蟻 （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.)
侍る （はべる） to wait upon, to serve