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JLPT N4 SL3 8 strokes Frequency: #219

Meanings

Use, Send On A Mission, Order, Messenger, Envoy, Ambassador, Cause

Radicals

亻

Decomposition

⿰亻吏

Etymology

Ideographic: A person 亻 working for the government 吏

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 8

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

2 vertical top-to-bottom

3 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

4 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

5 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

6 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

7 diagonal top-to-bottom

8 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

シ shi

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

つか tsuka

Words Using This Kanji

304 words total

Other (20 words)

大使館たいしかん

embassy

大使たいし

ambassador

大使公邸たいしこうてい

ambassador's residence

angel

angel

special envoy

disuse

use of (military) force

副使ふくし

vice-envoy

別使べっし

special messenger

奉幣使ほうへいし

imperial messenger to a shrine

魔法使いまほうつかい

magician

未使用みしよう

unused

労使ろうし

labour and management

小間使いこまづかい

maid

気を使うきをつかう

to worry (about)

使むしむ

auxiliary verb indicating the causative voice

勅使ちょくし

imperial envoy

使いやすいつかいやすい

easy to use

軍使ぐんし

truce bearer

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