使

使 — use, send on a mission, order

JLPT: JLPT N4
Strokes: 8
Taught in: School year 3
Frequency: #219 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: し shi
Kun'yomi: つか.う tsuka.u

つか.い tsuka.i

-つか.い -tsuka.i

-づか.い -zuka.i

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 使

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