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司 means 'administer'

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Strokes : 5    Frequency: 559   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-3    Grade: 4   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 47 words   Used in 125 words   Used in 2083 names   Component in 10 kanji (4 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   シ
Additional readings
Kun    つかさどる to administer, conduct
Name    つ   つか   つかさ
Components
⿴  可 good; possible  一 one  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 司 is used 6 times, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 司 is used 114 times, read 2 ways (with 3 variations).
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シ : 104 words FIND ALL
じ ょ う し 1
noun
superior authorities; boss  (see also: 部下, 目上)
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シ (read as じ) : 6 words FIND ALL
ぐ う じ 1
noun
chief priest  (Shinto term)
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つかさどる : 2 words FIND ALL
つ か さ ど る 4
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to rule; to govern; to administer
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づかさ: 1 word. FIND ALL
noun
ruler of a synagogue
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つかさ: 1 word. FIND ALL
つ か さ 0 つ か さ 2
Most common form: 官
noun
1. office; official  (usu. 官,司,寮; archaic)
2. chief; head  (usu. 首,長)
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Additional data
Henshall: 524 (originally: 497)  Joy o' Kanji : 497  Key to Kanji: 406 

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司
シ    administer   
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可
カ    good, possible, approval   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
亅
hook
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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