Chinese symbol for “enable”
使
shǐ
to make; to cause; to enable; to use
The closest CC-CEDICT match for enable is 使 (shǐ), defined as: to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “enable”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 俾 | bǐ | to cause; to enable |
| 开启 (開啟) | kāi qǐ | to start; to begin; to initiate (an era, process, journey etc); (computing) to enable (a feature) |
| 启用 (啟用) | qǐ yòng | to start using; (computing) to enable (a feature) |
| 赋能 (賦能) | fù néng | (neologism c. 2019) to empower; to enable |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “enable”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.