使

See also 便

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 亻 + phonetic 吏.

Han character

使 (radical 9 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人十中大 (OJLK), four-corner 2520₆, composition ⿰亻吏)

1. cause, send on a mission, order
2. envoy, messenger, ambassador

References

• KangXi: page 101, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 573
• Dae Jaweon: page 213, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 145, character 2
• Unihan data for U+4F7F

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Cantonese

Hanzi

使 (Yale sai2, si2 si3)

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Japanese

Kanji

使 (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: し (shi)
• Kun: つか (tsuka)

Compounds

• 大使館 (たいしかん, taishikan, “embassy”)

• 天使 (てんし, tenshi) (“angel”)

Usage notes

使う (tsukau) is the most common word for "to use."

Noun

使 (hiragana し, romaji shi)

1. messenger

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Korean

Hanja

使 (hangeul 사, 시, revised sa, si, McCune-Reischauer sa, si)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

使 (pinyin shǐ (shi3), Wade-Giles shih³)

Compounds

• 使用
• 使得

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Min Nan

Verb

使 (traditional and simplified, POJ sái, sú)

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Vietnamese

Han character

使 (sứ, sử, sửa, thửa)

References

• Nom Foundation