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Kanji Grade 3 - 使

Kanji character Grade 3 使. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 3 - 使
About
use, send on a mission, order, messenger, envoy, ambassador, cause
Kun: つか.う、 つか.い、 -つか.い、 -づか.い
On: シ
8 strokes
Radical: man, human 人 (亻)
Parts: 一 ノ 化 口
 
Onyomi
使 【シ】 messenger, police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods), klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
使者 【シシャ】 messenger, envoy, emissary
特使 【トクシ】 special envoy
実力行使 【ジツリョクコウシ】 use of force
 
Kunyomi
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
使い 【つかい】 errand, mission, going as envoy, messenger, bearer, errand boy, errand girl, familiar spirit, use, usage, user, trainer, tamer, charmer
使い方 【つかいかた】 way to use something, treatment, management (of help)
春の使い 【はるのつかい】 Japanese bush warbler, messenger of spring