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: シ
Radical: 士
Reading: さむらい
Meaning: scholar, bachelor
Strokes: 3
士官(しかん) officer
士農工商(しのうこうしょう) feudal hierarchy
兵士(へいし) soldier
騎士(きし) knight
武士(ぶし) warrior, samurai
紳士(しんし) gentleman
名士(めいし) celebrity, personage
同士(どうし) fellow, companion, comrade
力士(りきし) sumo wrestler
博士(はくし) PhD holder, learned man
弁護士(べんごし) lawyer, attorney
*博士(はかせ) expert, learned man
士 (シ) man (esp. one who is well-respected), samurai, person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed), member
士官 (シカン) officer
飛行士 (ヒコウシ) pilot
公認会計士 (コウニンカイケイシ) certified public accountant
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
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.)
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: シ
Radical: 士
Reading: さむらい
Meaning: scholar, bachelor
Strokes: 3
士官(しかん) officer
士農工商(しのうこうしょう) feudal hierarchy
兵士(へいし) soldier
騎士(きし) knight
武士(ぶし) warrior, samurai
紳士(しんし) gentleman
名士(めいし) celebrity, personage
同士(どうし) fellow, companion, comrade
力士(りきし) sumo wrestler
博士(はくし) PhD holder, learned man
弁護士(べんごし) lawyer, attorney
*博士(はかせ) expert, learned man
士 (シ) man (esp. one who is well-respected), samurai, person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed), member
士官 (シカン) officer
飛行士 (ヒコウシ) pilot
公認会計士 (コウニンカイケイシ) certified public accountant
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
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.)