the headword character of an entry in a Han character dictionary

letter, character / handwriting, penmanship

conjunctive form of 書く

write; record (words, figures) on the surface of (something) / compose; put (an idea, etc) into words

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

a parent / the originator or founder of a school, company, or other organization / the boss or leader / the larger one of several objects of the same kind

skillful, dexterous

(rare) skill, dexterity / flattery (from being told how skillful one is, even if one isn't) / a person with the seventh dan in the games of shogi or go