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士

Level III of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 338 / 2,608

Samurai

On’yomi
し
Kun’yomi
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Radical
士 Scholar (Kangxi 33)

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 任 (Duty), less common than 愛 (Love).

The character for samurai (士) looks like a warrior with broad shoulders and a narrow waist — a strong figure standing guard with a sword.

In words

博士 はかせ doctorate,PhDN3
武士 ぶし warrior,samuraiN2
兵士 へいし soldierN1

士 is rank 338 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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