Entry
  1. Noun

    servant; valet; footman

  2. someone who works in close quarters with the emperor or imperial family

    Archaic

  3. low-ranking official who works for the imperial family or nobility (under the ritsuryō system)

    Archaic

  4. ox-tender for oxcarts; horse boy

    Archaic

  5. honorary junior official of the Imperial Household Department's Board of Ceremonies involved in miscellaneous duties related to ceremonies

    see 宮内省

Also written 舍人【しゃじん】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

cottage, inn, hut, house, mansion

Kun
やど.る
On
シャセキ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1170 of 2500
Radical
person
WaniKani
Level 35

Built from

Used in names as

とり

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-2-6SKIP code
2a6.23The Kanji Dictionary
8060.1Four corner code
2877deroo
820eUnicode hex code
1-28-43JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
423Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
189New Nelson (John Haig)
2060New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2555Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1305Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1774Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
316Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
338Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1056A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
721Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
872Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
30278PMorohashi
700A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
791Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
805Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
629sakade
1689Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
727henshall3
685Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1654Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
51Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
322Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
she3, she4Pinyin reading
saKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
35WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

person

Kun
ひと-り-と
On
ジンニン
Strokes
2
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
5 of 2500
Radical
person
WaniKani
Level 1

Built from

Used in names as

ひこふみ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
4-2-4SKIP code
2a0.1The Kanji Dictionary
8000.0Four corner code
1262deroo
4ebaUnicode hex code
1-31-45JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
339Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
99New Nelson (John Haig)
3368New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4175Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2111Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2857Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
951Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1023Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
9A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
14Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
4Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
344Morohashi
39A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
30sakade
11Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
39henshall3
7Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2crowley
15Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.5busy_people
42Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
960Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ren2Pinyin reading
inKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
1WaniKani level