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Kanji Detail for 使 - "envoy, to use"

使

  • Meaning

    使 means "envoy, to use."

    1. Use - To employ; to utilize.

    2. Envoy - A messenger; an ambassador.

    3. Cause - To make happen; to let.

  • Words using 使

    • 使う つかう Listen to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to put to use
    • 使用 しよう Listen use; application; employment
    • 大使 たいし Listen ambassador
    • 行使 こうし Listen use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
    • 大使館 たいしかん Listen embassy
    • 使途 しと Listen purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used
    • 労使 ろうし Listen labour and management; labor and management
    • 特使 とくし Listen special envoy

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    • Verified meaning: envoy, to use
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read つかさ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 使

    Given names 使(つかさ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    use; send on a mission; order; messenger; envoy; ambassador; cause

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    cause, send on a mission, order; envoy, messenger, ambassador

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    cause, mission, orders; envoy, messenger, ambassador

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To command. Meaning to employ. | A hypothetical word. (Mencius) "If what people desire is nothing more than life." | A person who receives orders and makes diplomatic visits is called 使. Such as 大使 (ambassador), 專使 (special envoy).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shi(シ) シ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    duka.i(でゅか-い) でゅか-い

    tsukai(つかい) つかい

    tsukau(つか-う) つか-う

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    to use envoy cause messenger employ send dispatch ambassador apply utilize wield operate manipulate let

Sentences including 使

  • She spends a lot of money on clothes.

  • She made much use of milk in her cooking.

  • I use the room in common with my sister.

  • Let him use the telephone.

  • Her grammar is bad.

  • But i'm not able to use the telephone.

  • Can you extend my stay until three o'clock?

  • He has a maid to wait on him.

  • You're welcome to any book in my library.

  • You mustn't use my pen.

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