What does the kanji 士 mean?

gentleman, scholar, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33)

How is the kanji 士 read?

シ (Shi); さむらい (Samurai)

士

Samuraiさむらい

gentleman

Shiし

Examples

国士こくしdistinguished citizen

同士どうしfellow

士 (Samurai) is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning “gentleman, scholar, samurai”. It is taught in grade 5 and written in 3 strokes.