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Kanji for Samurai
The kanji for “samurai” is 侍, read ji and written in 8 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
samurai
To serve; the character for “samurai,” warriors who served with loyalty.
8 strokes On reading ジ、シ (ji, shi) Kun reading さむらい、はべる (samurai, haberu) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: waiter, samurai, wait upon, serve
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ji
Names written with 侍: Genevieve 侍恵音美歩 · Ji 侍 · Gene 侍 · Gigi 慈侍 · Jean 侍 · Basil 羽侍留 · Jeane 侍 · Suzie 冴侍 · Jeanne 侍 · Virgil 羽侍留 · Imogene 生望侍
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