The kanji 仕: meaning, readings and stroke order
仕
- Meaning
- work, serve
- On reading
- シ shi、ジ* ji
- Kun reading
- つか(える) tsukaeru
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 人 man, human
- Level
- Level 3 · grade 3
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- làm việc, phục vụ (sĩ)
- Japanese
- しごとを する。つかえる。
- Korean
- 일하다, 섬기다 (사)
- Chinese
- 做事、侍奉
Readings, words and example sentences
シ shi · on reading
仕事
work, job
父の 仕事は 車を 作る ことです。
My father's job is making cars.
つか(える) tsukaeru · kun reading · less common
仕える
to serve
王に 仕える 人です。
That person serves the king.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.