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44 侍 Samurai

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Radical Combination

  • イ Leader
  • 寺 Temple

Meaning

Primary

Samurai

Mnemonic

The leader of the temple isn't a monk like you'd expect. It's a samurai, who protects the monks in return for prayers that keep him safe.

Hints

You walk up to a temple and you're surprised to find that there's a samurai guarding it. Talk to him for a while so he can tell you why he has been doing this job. He's quite a nice guy, actually.

Readings

On’yomi

じ, し

Kun’yomi

さむらい

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

The reading is samurai, which should be easy enough to remember.

Hints

If you know the meaning you know the reading as well! That doesn't happen too often with kanji, so consider yourself lucky!

Visually Similar Kanji

  • 時
    • じ
    • Time
  • 持
    • じ
    • Hold
  • 待
    • たい
    • Wait

Found In Vocabulary

  • 侍
    • さむらい
    • Samurai
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