漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
帥: commander, leading troops
Also: governor
JLPT N19 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
巾 carries the meaning · 丿 is drawn in
9 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
スイsui · on'yomi · in compounds
- 元帥げんすい(field) marshal; (fleet) admiral
- 総帥そうすいcommander-in-chief; leader
- 統帥とうすいsupreme command; high command
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Fresh from the loom! This radical represents the soft, woven materials we use every day—from a simple "towel" to a grand "banner" carried into battle.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 帅 · traditional, as in Japanese · shuài
Japan keeps the traditional form 帥; mainland China simplifies it to 帅.
- Simplified
- 帅 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 帥 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin shuài 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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