仕

音読おんよみ:

訓読くんよみ: つかえる

画数かくすう: 5 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 人(にんべん)

Meaning

Serve — to work under someone or fulfill a role.


  • 仕事しごと — work, job
  • 仕方しかた — way, method
  • 仕上しあげる — to finish up
  • 仕返しかえし — retaliation
  • 仕組しくみ — structure, system
  • 仕送しおくり — remittance, sending money

The character combines the person radical (人) with a phonetic element, expressing the idea of a person in service or working under someone.

私はわたしは会社かいしゃつかえています。
I work at a company.

かたがありません。
It can't be helped.

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