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The first character, 武, is the spirit or essence of a warrior. The second character, 士, means soldier, officer, or official. 武士 is also used appropriately enough to describe a piece of a chess game. 武士 can also be translated as a soldier, cavalier, palace guard, or samurai, and sometimes as a knight. I've occasionally seen this translated as strong man or tough man (gender not necessarily implied).
By far, 武士 is the most common way to write warrior in Chinese characters, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
Note: In Japanese, this is Bushi, as in Bushido.
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Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
至 see styles |
zhì zhi4 chih shi し |
More info & calligraphy: Best(prefix) (See 自・2) to (a place); until (a time); (female given name) Michi Reach, arrive at; utmost, perfect. |
風 风 see styles |
fēng feng1 feng fuu / fu ふう |
More info & calligraphy: Wind(adj-na,n,n-suf) (1) method; manner; way; style; (adj-na,n,n-suf) (2) appearance; air; (adj-na,n,n-suf) (3) tendency; (adj-na,n,n-suf) (4) (See 六義・1) folk song (genre of the Shi Jing); (adj-na,n,n-suf) (5) (See 五大・1) wind (one of the five elements); (female given name) Fuwari vāyu. Wind, air; rumour, repute; custom; temper, lust. |
シー see styles |
shii / shi シー |
sea; (place-name) Die; Gee; Zee |
四無量心 四无量心 see styles |
sì wú liàng xīn si4 wu2 liang4 xin1 ssu wu liang hsin shi muryōshin |
More info & calligraphy: Brahmavihara - The Four Immeasurables |
し see styles |
shi シ |
(1) {music} ti (7th note of a major scale in movable-do solfège) (ita:); si; (2) {music} B (note in the fixed-do system) |
仕 see styles |
shì shi4 shih shi し |
to serve as an official; an official; the two chess pieces in Chinese chess guarding the "general" or "king" 將|将[jiang4] official; civil service; (given name) Tsukou |
伺 see styles |
sì si4 ssu shi うかがい |
to watch; to wait; to examine; to spy (1) call; visit; (2) inquiry; enquiry; question vicāra, 毘遮羅 Investigation, consideration, search for truth; to spy; wait on. |
使 see styles |
shǐ shi3 shih shi し |
to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do something; envoy; messenger (1) messenger; (2) (abbreviation) (See 検非違使) police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); (3) {Buddh} (See 煩悩・2) klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering); (female given name) Tsukasa To send; cause; a messenger; a pursuer, molester, lictor, disturber, troubler, intp. as 煩惱 kleśa, affliction, distress, worldly cares, vexations, and as consequent reincarnation. There are categories of 10, 16, 98, 112, and 128 such troublers, e. g. desire, hate, stupor, pride, doubt, erroneous views, etc., leading to painful results in future rebirths, for they are karma-messengers executing its purpose. Also 金剛童子 q. v. |
儻 傥 see styles |
tǎng tang3 t`ang tang shi |
if; unexpectedly disheartened |
其 see styles |
qí qi2 ch`i chi shi それ |
his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to something preceding it) (irregular okurigana usage) (pn,adj-no) (1) (kana only) that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it; (2) that time; then; (3) (archaism) there (indicating a place near the listener); (4) (archaism) you; (1) (archaism) that; (2) (archaism) he; she; that person; (1) (archaism) that; (2) you; (3) oneself; themself therein |
刺 see styles |
cì ci4 tz`u tzu shi し |
thorn; sting; thrust; to prick; to pierce; to stab; to assassinate; to murder (See 名刺) calling card to stab |
〸 see styles |
shí shi2 shih shii / shi シー |
ten; 10 (numeric) ten (chi: shí); (personal name) Yokotate |
卮 see styles |
zhī zhi1 chih shi し sakazuki さかづき |
goblet zhi (large bowl-shaped ancient Chinese cup with two handles); sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages |
厮 see styles |
sī si1 ssu shi |
variant of 廝|厮[si1] Attendant, an attendant, servant; to serve. |
司 see styles |
sī si1 ssu shi し |
to take charge of; to manage; department (under a ministry) (archaism) (hist) (See 律令制) office (government department beneath a bureau under the ritsuryō system); (given name) Mamoru |
啻 see styles |
chì chi4 ch`ih chih shi |
only (classical, usually follows negative or question words); (not) just only |
嗜 see styles |
shì shi4 shih shi |
addicted to; fond of; stem corresponding to -phil or -phile Fond of, given up to, doting; translit. sh, j sounds. |
嗣 see styles |
sì si4 ssu shi し |
succession (to a title); to inherit; continuing (a tradition); posterity succession; successor; (personal name) Hide To succeed to, continue, adopt, posterity, follow after. |
嘴 see styles |
zuǐ zui3 tsui shi はし |
mouth; beak; nozzle; spout (of teapot etc); CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4] (kana only) beak; bill beak |
士 see styles |
shì shi4 shih shi し |
member of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor; honorific; soldier; noncommissioned officer; specialist worker (1) man (esp. one who is well-respected); (2) (See 侍・1) samurai; (suffix noun) (3) person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member; (personal name) Mamoru A gentleman, scholar, officer. |
尸 see styles |
shī shi1 shih shi しかばね |
(literary) person representing the deceased (during burial ceremonies); (literary) to put a corpse on display (after execution); corpse (variant of 屍|尸[shi1]) corpse; (1) corpse; (2) kanji "corpse" radical A corpse: to manage: u. f. 尸羅. |
尿 see styles |
suī sui1 sui nyou(p); yubari(ok); ibari(ok); yumari(ok); bari(ok); shii(ok); shishi(ok); shito(ok) / nyo(p); yubari(ok); ibari(ok); yumari(ok); bari(ok); shi(ok); shishi(ok); shito(ok) にょう(P); ゆばり(ok); いばり(ok); ゆまり(ok); ばり(ok); しい(ok); しし(ok); しと(ok) |
(coll.) urine (しい,しし, and しと were primarily children's words) urine Urine, urinate. |
屍 尸 see styles |
shī shi1 shih shi しかばね |
(bound form) corpse corpse; (1) corpse; (2) kanji "corpse" radical corpse (of a murdered person. v. 尸 and 毘陀羅. |
巳 see styles |
sì si4 ssu mi(p); shi み(P); し |
6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m., 4th solar month (5th May-5th June), year of the Snake; ancient Chinese compass point: 150° (1) the Snake (sixth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Serpent; (2) (obsolete) (See 巳の刻) hour of the Snake (around 10am, 9-11am, or 10am-12 noon); (3) (obsolete) south-southeast; (4) (obsolete) fourth month of the lunar calendar; (female given name) Mi snake |
巵 卮 see styles |
zhī zhi1 chih shi し sakazuki さかづき |
old variant of 卮[zhi1] zhi (large bowl-shaped ancient Chinese cup with two handles); sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages |
市 see styles |
shì shi4 shih shi し |
market; city; CL:個|个[ge4] (n,n-suf) city; (place-name, surname) Shouichi A market, a fair, an open place for public assembly. |
師 师 see styles |
shī shi1 shih shi し |
teacher; master; expert; model; army division; (old) troops; to dispatch troops (1) teacher; master; mentor; (n,suf) (2) religious leader; (suffix) (3) specialist; (4) (hist) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army); (surname) Morosaki A host, army; a leader, preceptor, teacher, model; tr. of upādhyāya, an 'under-teacher', generally intp. as a Buddhist monk. |
廁 厕 see styles |
sì si4 ssu shi |
used in 茅廁|茅厕[mao2 si5] toilet |
徙 see styles |
xǐ xi3 hsi shi |
(literary) to change one's residence Remove, flit. |
恣 see styles |
zì zi4 tzu shi ほしいまま |
to abandon restraint; to do as one pleases; comfortable (dialect) (adjectival noun) (kana only) selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary offered |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Warrior | 武士 | bu shi / bushi | wǔ shì / wu3 shi4 / wu shi / wushi | wu shih / wushih |
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