使
Readings
Kana:
シ、つか.う、つか.い、-つか.い、-づか.い
Romaji:
shi, tsuka.u, tsuka.i, -tsuka.i, -zuka.i
Meanings
use, send on a mission, order, messenger, envoy, ambassador, cause
Stroke Diagram
Kanji Info
Stroke Count:
8
Radical Number:
9
Frequency:
219
Grade:
3
Skip Pattern:
1-2-6
Korean Reading:
sa
Chinese Reading:
shi4
Unicode:
4f7f
JIS:
3B48
Indexes
Halpern Index: 90
Nelson Index: 432
New Nelson Index: 196
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2a6.2
Four Corner Index: 2520.6
Guide to Remembering Index: 287
Gakken Index: 226
Japanese Names Index: 556
Daikanwanjiten Index: 573
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 1.0736
Remembering the kanji Index: 990
Busy People Index: 2.3
Kanji Way Index: 239
Kanji Flashcards Index: 117
Kodansha Compact Index: 89
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 303
Kanji in Context Index: 199
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 68
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 72
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 999
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1065
Essential Kanji Index: 210
Kodansha Kanji Index: 100
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2166
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 224
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 298
Words
使
(し)
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
使う
(つかう)
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to put to use; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to handle; to manage; to manipulate; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend; to consume; to use (language); to speak
大使
(たいし)
ambassador
使い
(つかい)
errand; mission; going as envoy; messenger; bearer; errand boy; errand girl; familiar spirit; use; usage; user; trainer; tamer; charmer
行使
(こうし)
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)