師 Kanji – expert
The Japanese kanji 師 can mean expert, teacher, master, model, exemplar, army (incl. counter), war.
Meaning and Readings
How is 師 read?
師 has the onyomi reading シ and the kunyomi reading いくさ.
In romaji, these readings can be written as shi, ikusa.
Common Japanese Words Using 師
These common Japanese words contain 師. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 医師（いし） — doctor, physician
- 医師会（いしかい） — medical association
- 恩師（おんし） — teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude), mentor, one's former teacher
- 家庭教師（かていきょうし） — (home) tutor, private tutor, private teacher
- 技師（ぎし） — engineer, technician
- 漁師（りょうし） — fisherman
- 教師（きょうし） — teacher, instructor
- 講師（こうし） — speaker, lecturer
- 詐欺師（さぎし） — swindler, fraudster, trickster, con man
- 師事（しじ） — studying under, looking up to, apprenticing oneself to