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使 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「亻」

道
8Elementary year 3 ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「亻」
On
シし · shi
Kun
つか(う)tsuka(u)
Meaning
to use; messenger

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

亻 (person) + 吏 (official) — telling a person to do a job: to use, to employ.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onシしshi使役しえき使者ししゃ駆使くし
Kunつかうtsukau使うつかう使いつかい

Compare: 遣う

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 使用しよう

    use

  • 大使たいし

    ambassador

More words with this kanji

  • 駆使くし
  • 勅使ちょくし
  • 使者ししゃ
  • 使嗾しそう
  • 遣隋使けんずいし
  • 頤使いし

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

はさみを 使(つか)って 紙(かみ)を きる。

I cut the paper using scissors.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

大使使用使大big用to use仕to ser…代to sub…他other住live係duty死death次next始to beg…指finger歯tooth
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 亻Map of reading シAll maps

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