師 — kanji meaning “expert”
師
expert, teacher, master, model, exemplar, army (incl. counter), war
- Meanings
- expert, teacher, master, model, exemplar, army (incl. counter), war
- On'yomi
- シ (shi)
- Kun'yomi
- いくさ
- Name readings
- のし、のり、もろ、かず、つかさ、みつ
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 5
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #563 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 50
- Chinese reading
- shī — Chinese character page
Words with 師
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 教師 | きょうし kyoushi | teacher; instructor |
| 医師 | いし ishi | doctor; physician |
| 講師 | こうし koushi | speaker; lecturer |
| 漁師 | りょうし ryoushi | fisherman |
| 技師 | ぎし gishi | engineer; technical officer |
| 師匠 | ししょう shishou | master; teacher |
| 牧師 | ぼくし bokushi | pastor; minister; clergyman |
| 占い師 | うらないし uranaishi | diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer |
| 師団 | しだん shidan | (army) division |
| 薬剤師 | やくざいし yakuzaishi | pharmacist; chemist |
| 師走 | しわす shiwasu | twelfth month (esp. of the lunar calendar); December |
| 師弟 | してい shitei | teacher and student |
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