8 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 8th grade
JLPT exam level N1

waiter, samurai, wait upon, serve

Kun'yomi
  • warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period) ②man in attendance (on a person of high standing)
  • to wait upon
On'yomi
Nanori
  • かみ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

さむらい 85.0%
13.1%
はべ 1.9%

Character Breakdown

waiter, samurai, wait upon
さむらい ジ はべ.る (8th, N1)
human radical (no. 9)
Buddhist temple
てら ジ (2nd, N2)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little
スン す みき (6th, N1)

Common Words

warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period) ②man in attendance (on a person of high standing)
court physician
(uncultured) country samurai
Board of Retainers (Kamakura and Muromachi-period government office) ②samurai guard house (Heian and Kamakura periods)
Seven Samurai (film by Akira Kurosawa)
cowardly, good-for-nothing samurai from the countryside
cowardly or depraved samurai
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References

Unicode hex code 4F8D
JIS X 0208 1-27-88
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 427
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 192
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 85
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 94
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 62
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 66
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 976
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1050
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1823
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 559
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1446
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 589
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 1326
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 571
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 580
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 1046
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 1150
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 1878
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 90
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 985
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2a6.11
Four corner code 2424.1
De Roo Code 2148