Kanji1 / 8
侍 kanji
waiter, samurai, wait upon, serve
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N1 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
ジシ
Kun readings
さむらいはべる
Words with 侍
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —侍医Popularcourt physician
- —侍従Popularchamberlain
- —侍女Popularlady attendant; female servant; lady's maid; waiting maid
- —侍衛bodyguard
- —侍講tutor to a daimyo, etc.; tutor to the emperor or crown prince (Meiji period)
- —侍祭acolyte
- —侍史respectfully; private secretary
- —侍者attendant; valet; altar boy; acolyte
- —侍臣courtier; attendant
- —侍僧acolyte
- —侍読imperial tutor
- —侍立assisting (a dignitary)
- —侍婢lady-in-waiting; female attendant
- —典侍maid of honor; maid of honour; lady-in-waiting
- —近侍attendant; attendance upon another
- —陪侍retainer; attending on the nobility
- —脇侍flanking image (e.g. in a Buddha triad)
- —奉侍serving; attending on someone
- —侍妾concubine; mistress
- —侍曹respectfully