JōyōJLPT N1Pre-Level 2
帥

Meaning

Kanji 帥

commander

commander, leading troops, governor

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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
Onyomi 音読み
スイ
Nanori 名乗り
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Added to Jōyō: 1946

Jōyō
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JLPT
JLPT N1
Frequency
#2016
Strokes
9
Radical
巾
Components
| • 口 • 巾
Kanji Kentei
Pre-Level 2
Similar Kanji
阜 • 追 • 師 • 桘 • 蛗

Related vocabulary

15 common entries

Showing 15 of 15 entries that include this kanji.

率先

そっせん

taking the initiative

帥

そち

director of the Dazaifu

統帥

とうすい

supreme command

元帥

げんすい

(field) marshal

総帥

そうすい

commander-in-chief

マ元帥

マげんすい

General Douglas MacArthur

渠帥

きょすい

chief of bandits

将帥

しょうすい

commander

大元帥

だいげんすい

commander-in-chief

大宰帥

おおみこともちのかみ

director of the dazaifu (ritsuryō system)

梟帥

たける

leader of a powerful tribe

元帥府

げんすいふ

Supreme Military Council (1898-1945)

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

彼はついに元帥に昇進した。

He was finally promoted to marshal.

彼女は巨大企業の総帥だ。

She is the leader of the giant corporation.

軍の統帥権は誰にあるのか。

Who holds the supreme command of the military?

優れた将帥は兵士を大切にする。

A great commander values their soldiers.

彼はその秘密結社の総帥として知られている。

He is known as the leader of that secret society.