侍 — kanji meaning “waiter”
侍
waiter, samurai, wait upon, serve
- Meanings
- waiter, samurai, wait upon, serve
- On'yomi
- ジ (ji)、シ (shi)
- Kun'yomi
- さむらい、はべ.る
- Name readings
- かみ
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1939 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 9
- Chinese reading
- shì — Chinese character page
Words with 侍
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 侍女 | じじょ jijo | lady attendant; female servant; lady's maid |
| 侍医 | じい jii | court physician |
| 侍従 | じじゅう jijuu | chamberlain |
| 近侍 | きんじ kinji | attendant; attendance upon another |
| 七人の侍 | しちにんのさむらい shichininnosamurai | Seven Samurai (film by Akira Kurosawa) |
| 侍る | はべる haberu | to wait upon; to serve |
| 侍者 | じしゃ jisha | attendant; valet; altar boy |
| 侍り | はべり haberi | to wait upon; to serve |
| 典侍 | てんじ tenji | maid of honor; maid of honour; lady-in-waiting |
| 内侍 | ないし naishi | maid of honor; maid of honour; lady-in-waiting |
| 侍大将 | さぶらいだいしょう saburaidaishou | samurai general (esp. during the Sengoku period) |
| 侍する | じする jisuru | to wait upon; to serve |
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