徒士組

徒組

Reading

Kana: かちぐみ

Romaji: kachigumi

Definition

noun

1

bodyguards in service of the shogun who would walk ahead of him on an outing(Edo period)

Kanji

徒

Readings: ト、 いたずら、 あだ

Meanings: on foot, junior, emptiness, vanity, futility, uselessness, ephemeral thing, gang, set, party, people

士

Readings: シ、 さむらい

Meanings: gentleman, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33)

組

Readings: ソ、 く.む、 くみ、 -ぐみ

Meanings: association, braid, plait, construct, assemble, unite, cooperate, grapple