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Kanji Detail for 師 - "teacher, expert, army"

師

  • Meaning

    師 means "teacher, expert, army."

    1. Teacher - One who instructs; a master.

    2. Expert - A skilled professional; a specialist.

    3. Army - A military force; troops.

    4. Model - An example to follow; a guide.

  • Words using 師

    • 医師 いし Listen doctor; physician
    • 教師 きょうし Listen teacher; instructor
    • 講師 こうし Listen speaker; lecturer; lecturer (at a university or college)
    • 師匠 ししょう Listen master; teacher; stable master
    • 師団 しだん Listen (army) division
    • 技師 ぎし Listen engineer; technical officer
    • 医師会 いしかい Listen medical association
    • 牧師 ぼくし Listen pastor; minister; clergyman

  • Four-character idioms with 師

    • 反面教師 はんめんきょうし Listen bad example from which one can learn; good example of what not to do (esp. how not to behave); negative example
    • 師資相承 ししそうしょう Listen generation-to-generation instruction from master to disciple

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    • Verified meaning: teacher, expert, army
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read しわす, つかさ, もろ, もろさき)

    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 師

    Given names 師(つかさ)Listen

    Surnames 師(しわす)Listen 師(もろ)Listen 師(もろさき)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    expert; teacher; master; model; exemplar; army (incl. counter); war

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    teacher, master, specialist; multitude, troops; hexagram ䷆

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Shi

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    teacher, professional, master

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

    Multitude. Such as calling the capital 京師, meaning large and populous. | In military organization, 2,500 men make one 師. See (Rites of Zhou commentary). Modern armies also have 師, equivalent to the old system's 鎮. | One who teaches moral principles and knowledge is called 師. Such as normal schools, which train teachers. | All with a specialized skill are called 師. Such as painters, bakers. | Learning from others is called 師. Such as 互相師法. | A chief. Ancient official titles included 卜師, 樂師.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shi(シ) シ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ikusa(いくさ) いくさ

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    巾 (haba・habahen・kimben)

  • Related Keywords

    teacher expert army city master military model mentor adviser authority battalion coach counselor educator forces guide guru instructor leader preceptor professor sage sensei soldier train

Sentences including 師

  • I asked the doctor some questions.

  • He is not a teacher but a doctor.

  • The school needed a new teacher.

  • She will be a teacher.

  • She isn't cut out for teaching.

  • I am going to be an engineer.

  • I got this job with my teacher's help.

  • I would like to be an english teacher.

  • Now that i am teacher , i think otherwise.

  • You had better do as the doctor advised you.

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