しょうし
Meanings
Noun
Literary
1. little child
2. male between 4 and 16 years old (ritsuryo period)
3. pupil; disciple; follower
Pronoun
Humble
Literary
4. I; me; my humble self
5. you
referring to an inferior
Pitch accent
しょ
うし
Composed of
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)