JLPT N4 kanji. Readings, meaning, and how the character is built.
仕 means attend, doing, official. It is a JLPT N4 kanji written in 5 strokes, read つかえる or し or じ. It is built from 2 parts: 亻 (person), 士 (gentleman, scholar). It appears in 仕事 (work / job) and 仕方 (way (of doing something)).
仕 is written in 5 strokes, in the order numbered below. Order matters: it is what makes handwriting legible, and it is how the character is looked up in a paper dictionary.
仕 breaks into 2 parts.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 仕事 | しごと | work / job |
| 仕方 | しかた | way (of doing something) |
| 仕上がる | しあがる | to be finished |
These use 亻 or 士 too. The part keeps its job from one character to the next, which is what makes it worth learning once.
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