5 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 3rd grade
JLPT exam level N4

attend, doing, official, serve

Kun'yomi
  • to serve
On'yomi
  • official

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

97.1%
つかえる 2.9%

Character Breakdown

attend, doing, official
シ つか.える (3rd, N4)
human radical (no. 9)
gentleman, scholar, samurai
シ さむらい お (4th, N1)

Common Words

work ②work
to start ②to challenge ③to set (traps) ④to make a meld call
deed (esp. negative)
way ②(technical) specification
device ②trick ③(small) scale ④commencement
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.)
punishment (of children) ②criminal punishment (esp. execution; Edo period)
to train ②to acquire (information) ③to stock ④to prepare (esp. ingredients for brewing)
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References

Unicode hex code 4ED5
JIS X 0208 1-27-37
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 362
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 123
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 34
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 37
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 21
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Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 960
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1033
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 397
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 124
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Morohashi Daikanwajiten 368
Henshall, K. A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters 285
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 333
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 333
Sakade, F. A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 221
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 110
Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. 301
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 250
Crowley, D. The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power 271
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 236
AJLT Japanese For Busy People vols I-III 2.7
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 58
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 969
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2a3.2
Four corner code 2421.0
De Roo Code 2172