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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N1

759 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 5

Meaning: director, official, govt office, rule, administer

Kunyomi: つかさど.る

Onyomi: シ

Composition: 一 口

司

Radical

Radical: 口

Reading: くち

Meaning: mouth, opening

Strokes: 3

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Examples

Examples with audio

司法(しほう)   administration of justice, judicial

司書(ししょ)   librarian

司祭(しさい)   priest, rabbi

司令官(しれいかん)   commandant

司会者(しかいしゃ)   chairperson, moderator, MC

上司(じょうし)   boss, superior

寿司(すし)   sushi

行司(ぎょうじ)   sumo referee

Onyomi Examples

司 (シ) office (government department beneath a bureau under the ritsuryō system)

司会 (シカイ) leading a meeting, presiding over a meeting, officiating at a ceremony, chairmanship, chairman, presenter, host, moderator, master of ceremonies

公司 (コンス) company (in China), firm

にぎり寿司 (ニギリズシ) nigirizushi, hand-pressed vinegared rice topped with seafood

Kunyomi Examples

司る (つかさどる) to be in charge of, to manage, to direct, to administer, to preside over, to rule, to govern, to control

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