使 — kanji meaning “use”
使
use, send on a mission, order, messenger, envoy, ambassador, cause
- Meanings
- use, send on a mission, order, messenger, envoy, ambassador, cause
- On'yomi
- シ (shi)
- Kun'yomi
- つか.う、つか.い、-つか.い、-づか.い
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 3
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #219 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 9
- Chinese reading
- shǐ, shì — Chinese character page
Words with 使
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 使用 | しよう shiyou | use; application; employment |
| 使う | つかう tsukau | to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to put to use |
| 使い | つかい tsukai | errand; mission; going on an errand |
| 大使館 | たいしかん taishikan | embassy |
| 行使 | こうし koushi | use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.) |
| 大使 | たいし taishi | ambassador |
| 使命 | しめい shimei | mission; errand |
| 使い方 | つかいかた tsukaikata | way of using (something); way to use; how to use |
| 天使 | てんし tenshi | angel |
| 使い捨て | つかいすて tsukaisute | throwaway; disposable; single-use |
| 使い道 | つかいみち tsukaimichi | purpose; utility; objective |
| 駆使 | くし kushi | using freely; making full use of; having a good command of |
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