Memory phrase for the character: 仕

仕

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Meaning

serve, work under

Pronunciation

SHI, JI
tsukaeru

Explanation

 Left: person 亻/人, right: samurai 士

Mnemonic
 
A person who is a samurai is mainly a servant.

Radicals

亻 personThis radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" 人, and shows a person who stands with the legs apart.
士 samuraiA proud samurai is standing firm on the ground with outspread arms. Do not mistake this radical with: earth, ground 土, which has shorter "arms".




 Vocabulary

仕える つかえる  to serve, to work for
給仕 きゅうじ  office boy (girl), page, waiter
仕事 しごと  work, occupation, employment
仕方 しかた  way, method, means, resource, course
仕入れる しいれる  to lay in stock, to replenish stock, to procure
仕掛 しかけ  device, trick, mechanism, gadget
仕上 しあげ  end, finishing touches, being finished
仕上がり しあがり  finish, end, completion
仕上がる しあがる  to be finished

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