仕
仕 — Attend
attend, doing, official, serve
On’yomiシ (shi)
On’yomiジ (ji)
Kun’yomiつかえる (tsukaeru)
Stroke order (5 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 仕
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 仕事 | しごと shigoto | work; job; labor |
| 仕組み | しくみ shikumi | structure; construction; arrangement |
| 仕方 | しかた shikata | way; method; means |
| 仕掛け | しかけ shikake | device; contrivance; mechanism |
| 仕手 | して shite | doer; performer; shite |
| 奉仕 | ほうし houshi | service; ministry; attendance |
Study notes
仕 is a JLPT N4 kanji written with 5 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 3), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #439 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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