waiter, samurai, wait upon, serve
On'yomi (音読み)
- ジ
- シ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- さむらい
- はべ.る
About this kanji
The kanji 侍 (samurai) primarily means 'to wait upon' or 'serve' and is associated with the historical class of warriors in Japan known as samurai. It is often used as a noun, referring to these warriors, and can also be a verb meaning 'to wait' or 'to serve.' Some common compounds include 侍従 (じじゅう), which means 'chamberlain,' and 侍医 (じい), meaning 'court physician.' Another interesting compound is 侍女 (じじょ), which refers to a 'lady attendant.' A helpful note is that while the word samurai is often romanticized, in its original context, it simply referred to someone who served others.
Example sentences
侍は忠義を重んじる。
Samurai value loyalty.
Meanings across languages
- English
- waiter, samurai, wait upon, serve
- Tiếng Việt
- người phục vụ, samurai, hầu hạ, phục vụ
- 日本語
- 侍, サムライ, 仕える, 奉仕する
- 한국어
- 접대인, 사무라이, 대기하다, 섬기다
- 中文
- 侍者, 武士, 侍奉, 服务
- id
- samurai
- th
- ซามูไร
- es
- samurái
- fr
- samouraï
- de
- Diener
- pt
- samurai
Common compounds
- 侍従じじゅうchamberlain
- 侍医じいcourt physician
- 侍女じじょlady attendant, female servant, lady's maid
- 侍るはべるto wait upon, to serve
- 侍衛じえいbodyguard
- 侍講じこうtutor to a daimyo, etc., tutor to the emperor or crown prince (Meiji period)
- 侍祭じさいacolyte
- 侍史じしrespectfully, private secretary
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