Kanji Detail for 帥 - "commander, leader, general"

帥

Jōyō Kanji

JLPT N1

Meaning
帥 means "commander, leader, general."
1. Commander - A military leader.
2. Leader - One who guides others.
3. General - A high-ranking officer.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

commander; leading troops; governor

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

commander, commander-in-chief

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

surname Shuai

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

commander; commander-in-chief; handsome, smart

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

To command. Such as commanding troops called 帥師. All leading is called 帥. Such as 牽帥老夫. See (Zuo Zhuan). | To take the lead. Setting an example is called 帥. Yao and Shun led the world with benevolence; Jie and Zhou led with violence. See (Great Learning). | A general. Chief. Such as the chief of an army called 元帥. In old customs, governors were called 大帥, 某帥, as they also managed military affairs.
Onyomi

sotsu(そつ)

sui(すい)
Kunyomi

hiki.iru(ひきいる)
Strokes

9 strokes
Radical

巾 (haba・habahen・kimben)
Related Keywords
commander leader general marshal chief head captain officer military army troops lead command direct guide headquarters strategy tactics authority