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commander

Stroke count: 9

Readings

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Jōyō Grade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

commanderRtK
leading troops
governor

director of the Dazaifu

Radicals and components

Radical巾cloth

Components

How it's built

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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maestro · towel

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1362

Compound words

元帥げんすい

(field) marshal; (fleet) admiral; general of the army

総帥そうすい

commander-in-chief; leader; head of a group of companies

統帥とうすい

supreme command; high command

将帥しょうすい

帥先そっせん

taking the initiative

元帥府げんすいふ

Supreme Military Council (1898-1945)

志帥会しすいかい

Shisuikai (faction of the Liberal Democratic Party)

大元帥だいげんすい

commander-in-chief

統帥権とうすいけん

supreme command authority (of the emperor)

大元帥明王たいげんみょうおう

Atavaka (guardian deity)

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 帥

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