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師 means 'teacher'

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Strokes : 10    Frequency: 353   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-9    Grade: 5   Intermediate lesson: 22    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 31 words   Used in 269 words   Used in 721 names   Component in 6 kanji (0 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
On
   シ
Kun    いくさ expert, teacher, master, model, exemplar, army (incl. counter), war
Name    のし   のり   もろ   かず   つかさ   みつ   もと
⿰  𠂤 two mouths   one turban  
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 commander  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 師 is used 10 times, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 師 is used 262 times, read 1 way (with 1 variation).
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teacher (classroom)
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シ (read as じ) : 2 words FIND ALL
noun
scroll mounter; picture framer
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An additional 帥 less common words include 師 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Henshall: 720 (originally: 693)  Joy o' Kanji : 693  Key to Kanji: 416 

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シ    teacher; army   
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two mouths
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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one turban
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
キン   turban; cloth
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