漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
司: director, official
Also: govt office, rule, administer
JLPT N15 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met
口 carries the meaning · 一 is drawn in
5 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
シshi · on'yomi · in compounds
- 司法しほうadministration of justice, judicial
- 司書ししょlibrarian
- 司祭しさいpriest, rabbi
- 司令官しれいかんcommandant
- 司会者しかいしゃchairperson, moderator, MC
- 上司じょうしboss, superior
- 寿司すしsushi
- 行司ぎょうじsumo referee
Also read つかさどる, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Open your mouth wide and what do you see? A simple, sturdy square!”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
司 gives its sound to
The family reading is シ (shi). Sound parts: KanjiVG.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · sī
Same form: 司 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 司 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 司 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin sī most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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