Hanja Analyzer
士

士 — sa

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
선비 사
Romanization
sa
English
scholar, gentleman; soldier
Mandarin
shì
Japanese on'yomi
シ, ジ
Japanese kun'yomi
さむらい
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 5
Newspaper frequency
#526 of 2,500
Strokes
3
Radical
士 (33, 0 residual)
Unicode
U+58EB

Korean example words with 士

  • 현사賢士 Korean gloss: 어진 선비
  • 걸사傑士 Korean gloss: 뛰어난 사람
  • 용사勇士 Korean gloss: 용감한 군사
  • 종사從士 Korean gloss: 따르는 무사
  • 사론士論 Korean gloss: 선비들의 공론
  • 연사演士 Korean gloss: 연설하는 사람
  • 경사輕士 Korean gloss: 신분이 낮은 병사
  • 단사端士 Korean gloss: 품행이 단정한 선비
  • 빈사貧士 Korean gloss: 살림이 구차한 선비
  • 사졸士卒 Korean gloss: 부사관 이하의 군인
  • 사풍士風 Korean gloss: 선비의 기풍(氣風)
  • 의사義士 Korean gloss: 의로운 지사(志士)

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 士

  • 弁護士べんごし lawyer; attorney
  • 同士どうし fellow; mutual; companion
  • 兵士へいし soldier
  • 博士はかせ expert; learned person; doctor
  • 力士りきし sumo wrestler; rikishi; strong man
  • 紳士しんし gentleman
  • 富士山ふじさん Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama
  • 代議士だいぎし parliamentarian; member of a congress
  • 宇宙飛行士うちゅうひこうし astronaut
  • 棋士きし professional shogi player; professional go player
  • 武士ぶし samurai; warrior
  • 士気しき morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps

Characters sharing the phonetic 士

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

仕

Other hanja read “사”

Other hanja with radical 士

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