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Kanji Detail for 仕 - "to serve, official"

仕

  • Meaning

    仕 means "to serve, official."

    1. Serve - To work for; to attend to.

    2. Official - To hold a government post.

    3. Do - To perform; to carry out.

  • Words using 仕

    • 仕事 しごと Listen work; job; labor
    • 仕組み しくみ Listen structure; construction; arrangement
    • 仕方 しかた Listen way; method; means
    • 仕掛け しかけ Listen device; contrivance; mechanism
    • 仕手 して Listen doer; performer; shite
    • 奉仕 ほうし Listen service; ministry; attendance
    • 仕入れ しいれ Listen buying (of stock, materials, etc.); purchasing; stocking
    • 仕上がり しあがり Listen finish; end; completion

  • Tattoo check: 仕

    • Verified meaning: to serve, official
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read つこう)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 仕

    Given names 仕(つこう)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    attend; doing; official; serve

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    official; serve government

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to serve as an official; an official; the two chess pieces in Chinese chess guarding the "general" or "king" 將|将[jiang4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    official; to serve in the government

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To serve in office. Taking up an official position is called 仕. Such as 筮仕 (first entering office), 致仕 (retiring from office).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ji(ジ) ジ

    shi(シ) シ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    tsuka.eru(つか-える) つか-える

  • Strokes

    tip

    5 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    to serve official do follow work attend career duty employment execute function government job labor manage occupation operate perform post responsibility role conduct accomplish

Sentences including 仕

  • You don't have to work on sundays.

  • She will cope with all the work.

  • I've left that line of business.

  • I had an accident at work.

  • He is still green at the job.

  • I can't take any more work.

  • Sunday is not a workday for me.

  • He did the work better than anyone else.

  • She continued her job in the bank.

  • Let me do my work in peace.

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