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士 kanji
gentleman, scholar, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33)
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 3
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
On readings
シ
Kun readings
さむらい
Words with 士
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —検眼士optometrist
- —海技士maritime officer; ship's officer
- —保健士(male) public health nurse
- —心理士clinical psychologist
- —狂戦士berserker
- —三銃士The Three Musketeers (1844 novel by Alexandre Dumas)
- —武富士Takefuji Corporation
- —富士通Fujitsu
- —国士舘Kokushikan University (abbr)
- —竜騎士dragoon (in the Final Fantasy media franchise); lancer; dragon knight
- —技能士certified skilled worker (qualified under the Vocational Abilities Development Promotion Act); licensed craftsman
- —黒騎士black knight; masterless knight (esp. one lacking heraldry)
- —魔法士magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch; mage
- —一言居士person who is ready to comment on every subject; ready critic
- —下士官兵enlisted man
- —技術同士technical works
- —三文文士hack writer; pulp-writer; penny-a-liner; scribbler
- —士官学校military academy
- —士農工商hierarchy of samurai, farmers, artisans, and merchants in Edo society
- —商学博士Doctor of Commercial Science