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使

N4

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • use
  • send on a mission
  • order
  • messenger
  • envoy
  • ambassador
  • cause

On'yomi (音読み)

  • シ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • つか.う
  • つか.い
  • -つか.い
  • -づか.い
Strokes
8
JLPT Level
N4
Frequency
#137
School Grade
Grade 3
Radical
人#9 · person

Components

Common Words

  • 使しNoun
    messenger
  • 使うつかうGodan verb
    to use (a tool, method, etc.), to make use of, to put to use
  • 使用しようNoun
    use, application, employment
  • 大使たいしNoun
    ambassador
  • 行使こうしNoun
    use, exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
  • 大使館たいしかんNoun
    embassy
  • 使途しとNoun
    purpose for which money is spent, the way money is spent, how goods are used
  • 労使ろうしNoun
    labour and management, labor and management

Practice in Kanjiru

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