Kanji 仕

音読おんよみ:

訓読くんよみ: つかえる

画数かくすう: 5

部首ぶしゅ: にんべん(亻)

Meaning

Serve / Work under someone

  • Basic forms
  • 仕える — to serve; to work for / base form
  • 仕えます — (I) serve / masu form
  • 仕えた — served / ta form
  • 仕えて — serve and …; please serve / te-form
  • 仕えない — do not serve / negative form
  • 仕えれば — if (you) serve / conditional
  • 仕えろ・仕えなさい — serve! / imperative
  • Other common forms
  • 仕えたい — want to serve / 〜たい form
  • 仕えられる — can serve / potential
  • 仕えられた — was able to serve / past potential
  • 仕えられない — cannot serve / negative potential
  • More
  • 仕えよう — let’s serve / 〜よう form
  • 仕えなかった — didn’t serve / past negative
  • 仕えている — is serving / progressive

仕える(つかえる) is an Ichidan verb. It conjugates by dropping the and adding endings like ます, , or . It typically means to serve a master, a deity, or a superior.

  • 仕事しごと — work, job
  • 仕方しかた — way, method
  • 仕上しあげる — to finish up
  • 仕返しかえし — retaliation
  • 仕組しくみ — structure, system
  • 仕送しおくり — remittance, sending money
  • 仕様しよう — way, method; specification

The character combines the person radical (人) with a phonetic element, expressing the idea of a person in service or working under someone.

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