使 — Chinese character
使
shǐ
cause, mission, orders; envoy, messenger, ambassador
- Pinyin
- shǐ
- Radical
- 9 ⼈ (Man)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 亻 吏
- Formation
- ideographic — A person 亻 working for the government 吏
- Japanese
- 使 as a kanji
Common words with 使
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 使用 | shǐ yòng | to use; to employ |
| 即使 | jí shǐ | even if; even though |
| 使得 | shǐ de | usable; serviceable; feasible; workable; doable |
| 大使 | dà shǐ | ambassador; envoy |
| 天使 | tiān shǐ | angel |
| 行使 | xíng shǐ | to exercise (a right etc) |
| 迫使 | pò shǐ | to force; to compel |
| 使命 | shǐ mìng | mission; long-term task to which one devotes oneself |
| 促使 | cù shǐ | to prompt; to induce; to spur |
| 大使馆 (大使館) | dà shǐ guǎn | embassy; measure word: 座 (zuò), 个 (gè) |
| 使用者 | shǐ yòng zhě | (Tw) user |
| 致使 | zhì shǐ | to cause; to result in |
English words written with 使
使 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 11 · Analects 47 · Art of War 20 · I Ching 1 · Mencius 105 · Zhuangzi 162 · Great Learning 4 · Doctrine of the Mean 3
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 3
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 53
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 55
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 74
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 80
- Analects 1.5
- Analects 2.20
- Analects 3.19
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