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師 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「巾」

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6Elementary year 5 ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「巾」
On
シし · shi
Kun
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Meaning
teacher; master; army

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A crowd gathered plus 帀 "to go around"; one who leads many — hence "master, teacher."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onシしshi師匠ししょう教師きょうし医師いし

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 教師きょうし

    teacher

  • 医師いし

    doctor; physician

More words with this kanji

  • 漁師りょうし
  • 猟師りょうし
  • 琵琶法師びわほうし
  • 筏師いかだし
  • 師傅しふ
  • 傀儡師かいらいし

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

母(はは)は中(ちゅう)学校(がっこう)の教師(きょうし)です。

My mother is a junior-high teacher.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

医師教師師医doctor教to tea…布cloth常always巾cloth巴comma…市city士samura…支to sup…示to sho…史histor…志will
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Compound

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