侍

侍 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “serve”. It is built from 亻 (person) and 寺 (court).

Keyword: serve
Pinyin (Mandarin): shì
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: serve, attend upon, служить, ухаживать, attend upon
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 侍 waiter

Decomposition

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亻 person
radical number 9
寺 court

How to find 侍 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “person” + “court”. 侍 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 侍 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.