仕
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to serve as an official; an official; the two chess pieces in Chinese chess guarding the "general" or "king" 將|将[jiang4]
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 人 +3
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 仕
- Common rank
- #3,238
- Unicode
- U+4ED5
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Formation & memory
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Words with 仕
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 学而优则仕 | one who is successful in one's studies, can become an official (idiom) | |
| 爱马仕 | Hermès (brand) | |
| 卡仕达 | (loanword) custard | |
| 出仕 | to take up an official post | |
| 仕女 | court lady; palace maid; traditional painting of beautiful women | |
| 入仕 | (literary) to become an official | |
| 致仕 | to retire from a government post (old) | |
| 仕途 | official career (formal) | |
| 仕宦 | (literary) to serve as an official |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 士 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 士 sound part | scholar, gentleman; soldier | |
| 悫 | modest; sincere |