Japanese Word Entry

師

Kana:	し
Romaji:	shi
Definitions:	teacher, master, mentor religious leader specialist five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)

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Chinese characters used in this word

師	expert, teacher, master, model, exemplar, army (incl. counter), war, specialist, multitude, troops, hexagram ䷆

Readings

Mandarin:	ㄕ (shī)
Cantonese:	si1
Japanese:	シ (shi) / いくさ (ikusa)、みやこ (miyako)、おさ (osa)
Korean:	사 (sa)
Vietnamese:	sư

Variants

Simplified Chinese form:

师