Entry
  1. V4h, Intransitive verb

    to attend (a person of high rank); to wait upon (e.g. a noble); to serve

    ArchaicHumble (kenjougo) language

  2. to be; to exist

    ArchaicHumble (kenjougo) languagePolite (teineigo) language

  3. to go; to come

    ArchaicHumble (kenjougo) language

  4. Auxiliary verb, V4h

    expresses politeness towards the listener

    ArchaicPolite (teineigo) languageafter the -masu stem, or -te form, of a verb; equiv. to modern ございます or ます

Also written 候ふ【さぶらう】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

waiter, samurai, wait upon, serve

Kun
さむらいはべ.る
On
Strokes
8
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1939 of 2500
Radical
person
WaniKani
Level 44

Built from

Used in names as

かみ

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-2-6SKIP code
2a6.11The Kanji Dictionary
2424.1Four corner code
2148deroo
4f8dUnicode hex code
1-27-88JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
427Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
192New Nelson (John Haig)
85New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
94Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
62Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
66Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
976Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1050Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1823A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
559Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1446Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
589Morohashi
1326A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
571Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
580Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1046Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1150Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1878Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
90Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
985Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shi4Pinyin reading
siKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
44WaniKani level