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師

expert
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingシ
Kun readingいくさ
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 5

Meanings

  1. expertRtK
  2. teacher
    彼は彼らの師と仰がれた。He was respected as their teacher.tatoeba
    彼は遅刻するため、教師との関係がいつもまずくなっていた。He was always in hot water with his teachers for being late.tatoeba
  3. master
  4. model
  5. exemplar
  6. army (incl. counter)
  7. war
  1. studying under
  2. looking up to
  3. apprenticing oneself to

Popular Usage

医師技師教師講師

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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maestro · noren · one (一) · ceiling (冖) · towel

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1361

Compound words

医師いし
doctor; physician
技師ぎし
engineer; technician
教師きょうし
teacher; instructor
講師こうし
speaker; lecturer; lecturer (at a university or college); instructor; part-time teacher
恩師おんし
teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
漁師りょうし
fisherman
師事しじ
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
師匠ししょう
master; teacher; stable master
師団しだん
(army) division
師弟してい
teacher and student
師範しはん
instructor (esp. of martial or traditional arts); teacher; master; coach; model
法師ほうし
Buddhist priest; bonze; layman dressed like a priest; person
牧師ぼくし
pastor; minister; clergyman; reverend
猟師りょうし
hunter; huntsman
師走しわす
twelfth month (esp. of the lunar calendar); December
大師だいし
great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)
医師会いしかい
medical association
詐欺師さぎし
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
宣教師せんきょうし
missionary
美容師びようし
beautician; cosmetician; hairdresser; hair stylist
薬剤師やくざいし
pharmacist; chemist
占い師うらないし
diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer
看護師かんごし
(hospital) nurse; registered nurse; RN
家庭教師かていきょうし
(home) tutor; private tutor; private teacher

On Reading Examples

彼の職業は医師だ。いし
He is a doctor by profession.tatoeba
彼は医師になるために勉強している。いし
He studies with a view to becoming a doctor.tatoeba
彼は医師を信用しなくなった。いし
He has lost faith in the doctor.tatoeba
彼は医師としての資格がある。いし
He is qualified as a doctor.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は大学教授というよりむしろ小学校の教師である。
He is not so much a professor as a school teacher.tatoeba
彼は大学を卒業してから２年間英語の教師をしていた。
After he had graduated from the university, he taught English for two years.tatoeba

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 師

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step