字の旅3,000 years in three forms
Bronze · Western ZhouWestern Zhou · c. 1000 BCE士上卣 (西周早期)
Bronze and small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
部首Radical · in Human Body & People
士
士 man, scholar, samurai
さむらい samurai
3 strokesRadical of 1 kanjiPart of 9
Your ink in 士0% painted · 0 of 1 familiar
Origin · sourced
Pictogram象形
A war axe. Later, it took the meaning of "soldier" and eventually "officer, intellectual".
Source: Wiktionary, 士 (rev. 93756827), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Stand tall with honor! This radical represents the elite class of society—the warriors, scholars, and officials. When you see it, think of a person with specialized skills, a high rank, or the discipline of a samurai. It brings a sense of status, masculinity, and structured authority to the kanji it joins.”
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Every kanji with 士 as its radical
Most used first
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
All 1 kanji