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使

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

JLPTN3School grade3Strokes8Frequency#219
Kun
つかう · つかい · -つかい · -づかいtsukau · tsukai · tsukai · zukaie.g.使うつかうto use
On
シshie.g.大使館たいしかんembassy

Kun is the Japanese reading, used when the kanji stands alone with kana after it. On comes from Chinese and is mostly used in compound words.

Radical
人person
Parts
  • ⺅personform of 人
  • 一one
  • 口mouth

Used in words

  • 使(つか)う
    to use
  • 大使館(たいしかん)
    embassy

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