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Kanji Detail for 侍 - "to serve, samurai, to be"
侍
- Meaning
侍 means "to serve, samurai, to be."
To serve - To attend on people of high status; also, such a person.
Samurai - A warrior.
To be - The polite form of "to be" or "to exist."
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
waiter; samurai; wait upon; serve
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
serve, attend upon; attendant, servant; samurai
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to serve; to attend upon
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to serve, to attend upon; servant, attendant; samurai
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Whenever juniors accompany seniors, it's called 侍. Such as 侍坐 (attend while seated). | An attendant. Such as 女侍 (female attendant), 內侍 (palace attendant). | A humble term. Seniors addressing juniors humbly call themselves 侍生. Also abbreviated as 侍.
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