士
シ, さむらい, お, ま, さむらい

gentleman, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33)

JLPT1 G4 S3 F526

A depiction of an erect object formed by small composite materials (compare 且). *Man* and *retainer* are associated meanings (← person standing erect), with *samurai* by extension.

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