师
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teacher; master; expert; model; army division; (old) troops; to dispatch troops
- HSK 3.0
- Level 1
- Old HSK
- Level 1
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 巾 +3
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 师
- Common rank
- #315
- Unicode
- U+5E08
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How 师 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
To skillfully wield 帀 a knife 刂
Components 刂 帀
How to remember it
teacher · Heisig RSH #412
帅 commander + ceiling
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 师
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 老师 | teacher | |
| 无师自通 | self-taught; to learn without a teacher (idiom) | |
| 大体老师 | cadaver for dissection in training medical students | |
| 化学师 | chemist; apothecary | |
| 师出无名 | lit. to go to war without just cause (idiom); to act without justification | |
| 一字之师 | one who can correct a misread or misspelt character and thus be your master | |
| 师出有名 | lit. to have sufficient reason to send troops (idiom); to do something with good reason; t… | |
| 理发师 | barber; hairdresser | |
| 大师 | great master; master | |
| 师大 | abbr. for 師範大學|师范大学[shi1 fan4 da4 xue2], normal university; teacher training college | |
| 人师 | mentor; role model | |
| 北师大 | Beijing Normal University; abbr. for 北京師範大學|北京师范大学[Bei3 jing1 Shi1 fan4 Da4 xue2] | |
| 国师 | teachers of the state | |
| 水师 | navy (in Qing times) | |
| 中师 | secondary normal school (abbr. for 中等師範學校|中等师范学校[zhong1 deng3 shi1 fan4 xue2 xiao4]) | |
| 师生 | teachers and students | |
| 华东师大 | East China Normal University (abbr. for 華東師範大學|华东师范大学[Hua2 dong1 Shi1 fan4 Da4 xue2]) | |
| 美发师 | hairdresser; beautician | |
| 机师 | (aviation) pilot; (heavy machinery) operator | |
| 电机及电子学工程师联合会 | IEEE; Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers |
Sound family
These characters use 师 as their sound component — compare how they read.