Kanji 使

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Radical: (9)
Strokes: 8
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On:
shi
Kun:
つか.う、つか.い、-つか.い、-づか.い
tsuka.u, tsuka.i, -tsuka.i, -zuka.i
Reading in names:
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Meanings:
use, send on a mission, order, messenger, envoy, ambassador, cause
пользоваться; употреблять; посланец; посланник; применять
Grade: 3
JLPT: 4
Phonetic: (シ)
Kanji shape: idc
Kanji elements: , 亻, , ,
Homonyms:
LookAlike: 便
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Examples

使う
つかう
tsukau
использовать; употреблять
use
use
使命
しめい
shimei
задание; миссия
mission
mission
使役形
しえきけい
shiekikei
causative form
causative form
使用する
しようする
shiyoosuru
use [v.t.]
use [v.t.]
大使
たいし
taishi
посол
ambassador
ambassador
天使
てんし
tenshi
ангел
angel
angel
行使する
こうしする
kooshisuru
exercise [v.t.]
exercise [v.t.]
駆使する
くしする
kushisuru
use freely
use freely
魔法使い
まほうつかい
mahootsukai
волшебник; маг; колдун; чародей
wizard
wizard

Reading in other languages

Korean:
Korean (latin): sa
Pinyin: shi3, shi4
Vietnam: Sử, Sứ

Encoding

BIG5: A8 CF
DECIMAL: 20351
HEX: 4F7F
JIS_LEVEL: 1
MINKUTEN: 1-27-40
UTF16: 4F7F
UTF8: E4 BD BF

Dictionary indexes

A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade): 224
A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Ken Henshall): 303
A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall): 287
Essential Kanji (P.G. O'Neill): 210
Gakken Kanji Dictionary ("A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage"): 226
Japanese For Busy People: 2.3
Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki; White Rabbit Press): 117
Japanese Names (P.G. O'Neill): 556
Kanji & Kana (Spahn & Hadamitzky): 331
Kanji & Kana (Spahn & Hadamitzky, 2 edition): 331
Kanji Learners Dictionary (Jack Halpern, 1999): 68
Kanji Learners Dictionary (Jack Halpern, 2 edition, 2013): 72
Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono): 199
Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide: 89
Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern, 2013): 100
Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette): 999
Morohashi Daikanwajiten (Volume 1, page 0736): 573
New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern, 1990): 90
Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig): 990
Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig, 6 edition): 1065
The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley): 239
The Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Andrew Nelson): 432
The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary (John Haig): 196
Tuttle Kanji Cards: 298
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