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This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: シ、さむらい
Romaji: shi, samurai
Kana
Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: お、ま、T2、さむらい
Romaji: o, ma, t2, samurai
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

gentleman, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33)

Stroke Diagram

123

Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  3
Radical Number:  33
Frequency:  526
Grade:  4
Skip Pattern:  4-3-2
Korean Reading:  sa
Chinese Reading:  shi4
Unicode:  58eb
JIS:  3B4E

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3405
Nelson Index: 1160
New Nelson Index: 1117
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3p0.1
Four Corner Index: 4010.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 494
Gakken Index: 301
Japanese Names Index: 41
Daikanwanjiten Index: 5638
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 3.0279
Remembering the kanji Index: 319
Kanji Way Index: 386
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1173
Kodansha Compact Index: 393
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 521
Kanji in Context Index: 755
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 2129
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2877
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 325
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 341
Essential Kanji Index: 59
Kodansha Kanji Index: 4213
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1472
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 410
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 441

Words

(さむらい、さぶらい)
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; man in attendance (on a person of high standing); retainer
博士 (はかせ、はくし)
doctorate; PhD; Dr (as a title); expert; learned person
騎士 (きし)
knight
同士 (どうし、どし)
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
武士 (ぶし、ぶふ、もののふ)
warrior; samurai
()
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
戦士 (せんし)
soldier; combatant; warrior
弁護士 (べんごし)
lawyer; attorney
兵士 (へいし)
soldier
士官 (しかん)
officer
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