遣唐使

Reading

Kana: けんとうし

Romaji: kentoushi

Definition

noun

1

envoy (to T'ang China)

Kanji

遣

Readings: ケン、 つか.う、 -つか.い、 -づか.い、 つか.わす、 や.る

Meanings: dispatch, despatch, send, give, donate, do, undertake

唐

Readings: トウ、 から

Meanings: T'ang, China, foreign

使

Readings: シ、 つか.う、 つか.い、 -つか.い、 -づか.い

Meanings: use, send on a mission, order, messenger, envoy, ambassador, cause