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仕

attend, doing, official, serve

JLPTN4StatusJōyō · grade 3FrequencyTop 500Strokes5

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

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  • 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

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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.