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仕 means 'attend to'

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Strokes : 5    Frequency: 195   JLPT: N4    Usefulness: 2    Study set: 2-5    Grade: 3   Intermediate lesson: 10    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 186 words   Used in 294 words   Used in 66 names   Component in 1 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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Common readings
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   シ   ジ
Kun
   つかえる to attend to
Components
⿰  亻 (人) man  士 samurai  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 仕 is used 17 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 仕 is used 279 times, read 3 ways (with 1 variation).
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シ : 243 words FIND ALL
し ご と 0
1. work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task
2. work  (physics terminology)
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ジ : 26 words FIND ALL
き ゅ う じ 1
1. waiting on a table; serving (at dinner)
noun
2. waiter; waitress; waitperson; server; cabin boy; bellboy; page; pageboy
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つかえる : 7 words FIND ALL
つ か え る 3 つ か え る 0
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to serve; to work for; to attend
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つかえる (read as づか) : 3 words FIND ALL
そ ば づ か え 3
noun
personal attendant; valet; maid
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An additional 15 less common words include 仕 but the readings have not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 301 (originally: 285)  Joy o' Kanji : 285  Key to Kanji: 404 

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仕
シ   ジ   つかえる to attend to   
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亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
士
シ   samurai
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