佐 — kanji meaning “assistant”
佐
assistant, help
- Meanings
- assistant, help
- On'yomi
- サ (sa)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Name readings
- すけ
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- 4
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #474 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 9
- Chinese reading
- zuǒ — Chinese character page
Words with 佐
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 補佐 | ほさ hosa | aid; help; assistance |
| 大佐 | たいさ taisa | colonel; (navy) captain |
| 少佐 | しょうさ shousa | major; lieutenant commander; wing commander |
| 中佐 | ちゅうさ chuusa | lieutenant colonel; commander (navy) |
| 佐賀 | さが saga | Saga (city, prefecture) |
| 土佐 | とさ tosa | Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture) |
| 佐渡 | さど sado | Sado (former province located on Sado Island in present-day Niigata Prefecture) |
| 佐川急便 | さがわきゅうびん sagawakyuubin | Sagawa Express (parcel delivery company) |
| 土佐犬 | とさけん tosaken | tosa (dog breed) |
| 佐官 | さかん sakan | field officer |
| 佐幕 | さばく sabaku | supporting the Tokugawa shogunate (at the end of the Edo period) |
| 三佐 | さんさ sansa | major (JGSDF) |
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