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侍 means 'samurai'

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Strokes : 8    Frequency: 1190   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-14    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 28 words   Used in 46 words   Used in 77 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ジ
Kun
   さむらい samurai
Additional readings
On    シ
Kun    はべる
Name    かみ
Components
⿰  亻 (人) man  寺 temple  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 侍 is used 4 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 侍 is used 43 times, read 4 ways (with 1 variation).
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ジ : 25 words FIND ALL
じ じ ゅ う 0
noun
chamberlain
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シ : 1 word FIND ALL
な い し 1
noun
maid of honor; maid of honour
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さむらい : 6 words FIND ALL
さ む ら い 0
Most common form: 士
noun
1. warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai
2. man in attendance (on a person of high standing); retainer  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to reading さぶらい)
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さむらい (read as ざむらい) : 8 words FIND ALL
く に ざ む ら い 3
noun
provincial samurai
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はべる : 3 words FIND ALL
to wait upon; to serve  (see also: 侍る; regional dialect: Kansai-ben)
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An additional 3 less common words include 侍 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
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侍
ジ   さむらい samurai   
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亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
寺
ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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寸
スン   inch
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
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