Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N1

526 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 3

Meaning: gentleman, scholar, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33)

Kunyomi: さむらい

Onyomi:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: さむらい

Meaning: scholar, bachelor

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

官(しかん)   officer

農工商(しのうこうしょう)   feudal hierarchy

(へいし)   soldier

(きし)   knight

(ぶし)   warrior, samurai

(しんし)   gentleman

(めいし)   celebrity, personage

(どうし)   fellow, companion, comrade

(りきし)   sumo wrestler

(はくし)   PhD holder, learned man

弁護(べんごし)   lawyer, attorney

*博(はかせ)   expert, learned man

Onyomi Examples

man (esp. one who is well-respected), samurai, person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed), member

シカン officer

飛行 ヒコウシ pilot

公認会計 コウニンカイケイシ certified public accountant

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

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