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士

shì

shì · si6 (Jyutping)

  1. member of the senior ministerial class (old)
  2. scholar (old)
  3. bachelor
  4. honorific
  5. soldier
  6. noncommissioned officer
  7. specialist worker
  8. surname Shi

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Character breakdown

士

Meaning
scholar, gentleman; soldier
Radical
士
Strokes
3
Components
?
Cangjie
JM
Four-corner
4010.0

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