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

帥

  • Meaning

    帥 means "commander, leader, general."

    1. Commander - A military leader.

    2. Leader - One who guides others.

    3. General - A high-ranking officer.

  • Words using 帥

    • 総帥 そうすい Listen commander-in-chief; leader; head of a group of companies

  • Origin of 帥

    𠂤, the army-mound seen also in 師, beside 巾, cloth: by the old gloss a sash-cloth, borrowed early for the one who leads.

    How to remember it: The army-mound 𠂤 and a length of cloth 巾 — the commander is wherever the army turns.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

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    • Verified meaning: commander, leader, general
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read すい, そつ, つかさ)

    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 帥

    Given names 帥(すい)Listen 帥(つかさ)Listen

    Surnames 帥(そつ)Listen

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  • 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

    tip

    sui(スイ) スイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    巾 (haba・habahen・kimben)

  • Related Keywords

    commander leader general head chief direct emperor expert guide high impressive influential master military powerful prestigious ranking ruler

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