Kanji1 / 5
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
- —箱寿司oshizushi; sushi rice and other ingredients pressed in box or mould (mold)
- —菓子司Japanese confectionery store (orig. one of high standing, supplying the imperial court, etc.); Japanese confectionery maker
- —采女司Office of Court Ladies (ritsuryō system)
- —司厨士chef (Western cuisine); cook or waiter on a ship
- —司厨長head steward (e.g. on a ship); palace chef
- —司政官provisional administrator in occupied territory during WWII
- —司令船command module (e.g. Apollo's); CM
- —寿司米sushi rice; rice used for sushi
- —酒寿司fermented sushi made with sake instead of vinegar (speciality of Kagoshima)
- —福祉司welfare official; welfare worker
- —笹寿司sasazushi (sushi wrapped in bamboo leaf)
- —寿司店sushi shop; sushi restaurant
- —権宮司associate chief priest; deputy chief priest
- —寿司桶flat-bottomed wooden bowl for preparing sushi rice; flat-bottomed wooden bowl or platter for presenting a selection of sushi
- —姿寿司whole fish stuffed with sushi rice
- —司法部Ministry of Justice (China)
- —総司令commander-in-chief; supreme commander
- —軍司令官army commander
- —軍司令部military headquarters
- —五目寿司sushi rice mixed with various ingredients (vegetables, fish, etc.)