仕
attend, doing, official, serve
Readings
On'yomi
- シ
- ジ
Kun'yomi
- つか.える
Meaning
仕 centers on serving or working in an official capacity: attending to duties, doing work, or serving a master or organization.
Most common words using 仕
24 of 283- 仕事しごとN5
work; job; labor; labour; business; task; assignment; occupation; employment
- 仕方しかたN4
way; method; means; resource; course
- 仕様しようN1
way; method; means; resource; remedy
- 仕組みしくみN1
structure; construction; arrangement; contrivance; mechanism; workings
- 仕掛けしかけN1
device; contrivance; mechanism; gadget
- 仕上げしあげN1
finish; finishing; finishing touches
- 奉仕ほうしN1
service; ministry; attendance; church work
- 仕業しわざ
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
- 仕入れしいれN1
buying (of stock, materials, etc.); purchasing; stocking; laying in; procurement
- 仕立てしたて
tailoring; sewing; cut
- 仕えるつかえるN1
to serve; to work for; to attend
- 仕込みしこみ
training; education; upbringing
- 仕草しぐさN1
gesture; movement; action; behavior; behaviour; bearing; mannerism
- 仕掛けるしかけるN1
to start; to begin; to commence
- 仕事場しごとば
place where one works; construction site; working area
- 仕切りしきり
partition; division; boundary; compartment
- 仕上がりしあがりN1
finish; end; completion; result
- 仕上げるしあげるN2
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
- 仕送りしおくりN1
allowance; remittance; sending (someone) an allowance
- 仕手して
doer; performer
- 仕入れるしいれるN1
to buy (stock, materials, etc.); to purchase; to lay in; to stock; to procure
- 仕立てるしたてるN1
to tailor; to make (clothing)
- 仕出ししだし
food delivery service; catering
- 仕方がないしかたがない
there's no (other) way
Study
Etymology
仕 combines 亻 (person) with 士 (scholar, official), suggesting a person in an official role or service.
Meaning mnemonic
A person 亻 beside an official 士: imagine a servant attending to a scholar or official, doing their work and serving them.
Reading mnemonic
For シ, picture a servant serving tea to an official: the servant says 'she' (シ) as she serves, tying the sound to the act of attending.