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Kanji Detail for 遣 - "to send, to give"

遣

  • Meaning

    遣 means "to send, to give." Also associated with envoy.

    1. To send - To dispatch; to direct.

    2. To dismiss - To send away; to release.

    3. Envoy - A messenger.

    4. Gift - A present.

    5. Causative - A particle indicating causation.

    6. To use - To employ.

    7. To give - To grant; to do for someone.

  • Words using 遣

    • 派遣 はけん Listen dispatch; despatch; deployment
    • 小遣い こづかい Listen pocket money; spending money; pin money
    • 先遣 せんけん Listen sending ahead
    • 言葉遣い ことばづかい Listen speech; expression; wording
    • 気遣い きづかい Listen consideration; concern; fear
    • お小遣い おこづかい Listen pocket money; spending money; pin money
    • 仮名遣い かなづかい Listen kana orthography; syllabary spelling

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    • Verified meaning: to send, to give
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read けん)
    • Also carries these associations: envoy

    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 遣

    Surnames 遣(けん)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    dispatch; despatch; send; give; donate; do; undertake

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    send, dispatch; send off, exile

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (bound form) to dispatch; to send; (bound form) to drive away; to dispel

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to send, to dispatch; to exile, to send off

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

    To send off. To make someone go. As in 遣散 (disperse), 遣去 (send away). | To dispatch. As in 差遣, meaning to send someone to run errands and serve.

  • Onyomi

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    ken(ケン) ケン

  • Kunyomi

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    duka.i(でゅか-い) でゅか-い

    tsuka.wasu(つか-わす) つか-わす

    tsukai(つかい) つかい

    tsukau(つか-う) つか-う

    ya.ru(や-る) や-る

  • Strokes

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    13 strokes

  • Radical

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    辵 辶 (shinnyo・shinnyu)

  • Related Keywords

    to send to give envoy to use to dismiss dispatch mission entrust gift let go causative delegate deploy convey messenger forward release assign mobilize post expedition

Sentences including 遣

  • I'm not going to waste my money.

  • Don't waste your money.

  • I am short of pocket money.

  • You must go through with your plan.

  • We are anxious about our daughter's health.

  • You should always be careful in your speech.

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