What does the kanji 仕 mean?

Memory hook

A person (亻) walking behind a scholar-official (士) to serve them — SERVE.

Main radical

Built from

• 人person 2 strokes
• 士scholar 3 strokes

Stroke order · 5 strokes

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Common words

• 仕事しごとwork, job
• 給仕きゅうじwaiting on tables; waiter, waitress
• 仕えるつかえるto serve, to work for

More words with this kanji

• 仕方しかたway of doing, method
• 仕様しようspecification
• 仕方がないしかたがないit can't be helped, there's no other way
• 仕上がるしあがるto be finished, to be completed
• 奉仕ほうしservice, dedication
• 仕組みしくみmechanism, structure, system
• 仕上がりしあがりfinish, degree of completion; finished product, result
• 仕上げるしあげるto finish, complete
• 仕入れるしいれるto stock up, purchase (goods); to gather (information)
• 仕掛けるしかけるto initiate, provoke; to set, rig up
• 仕立てるしたてるto tailor, make to order; to train, prepare, turn into
• 仕上しあげfinishing, final touches
• 仕掛しかけmechanism, device; trick, scheme
• 仕切るしきるto partition; to run, manage