# 師 — instructor; master

師 means “instructor; master”. It is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 10 strokes. On'yomi: シ (shi). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: instructor; master
- On'yomi: シ (shi)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 10
- Level: JLPT N3 · set People & roles

## Don't confuse it with

[亜](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/asia/) · [帥](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/commander-in-chief/) · [悪](https://moji.ninja/n4-kanji/bad/) · [幅](https://moji.ninja/n2-kanji/width/)

## More in the “People & roles” set

[客](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/guest/) · [師](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/instructor/) · [王](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/king/) · [君](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/you-to-a-junior/) · [童](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/youngster/) · [僕](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/i-boys/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/instructor/. Last updated 2026-11-01.