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司 kanji
director, official, govt office, rule, administer
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
On readings
シ
Kun readings
つかさどる
Words with 司
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —司直judge; judiciary; administration of justice; judicial authorities
- —司祭priest; minister; pastor
- —有司public servant; government official
- —国司provincial official (under the ritsuryō system; esp. a governor)
- —荘司administrator of a manor
- —官司government office; public office; government official
- —司徒Minister of Civil Administration and Social Welfare (Zhou dynasty China)
- —司空Minister of Works (Zhou dynasty China)
- —司馬Minister of War (Zhou dynasty China)
- —司寇Minister of Justice (Zhou dynasty China)
- —司試bar examination
- —司式officiating (a ceremony); presiding (over a service)
- —家司steward in charge of the affairs of nobles of the third rank and higher (from the middle of the Heian period); administrative position (Kamakura and Muromachi periods)
- —厚司elm bark clothes traditionally worn by the Ainu; elm bark textile
- —按司chieftain (of the Ryukyu Kingdom)
- —郡司district governor (under the ritsuryō system)
- —獄司jail warden; jailer
- —御曹司son of a distinguished family; son of a noble
- —司法権judicial power; jurisdiction
- —司令室control room