Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3
JLPT level: N4
219 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 8
Meaning: use, send on a mission, order, messenger, envoy, ambassador, cause
Kunyomi: つか.う つか.い -つか.い -づか.い
Onyomi: シ
Composition: 亻 吏
Radical: 人
Reading: にんべん
Meaning: man, human
Strokes: 2
使用する(しようする) use [v.t.]
行使する(こうしする) exercise [v.t.]
駆使する(くしする) use freely
使役形(しえきけい) causative form
使命(しめい) mission
大使(たいし) ambassador
天使(てんし) angel
使う(つかう) use
魔法使い(まほうつかい) wizard
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
使う (つかう) to use (a tool, 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 of using (something), way to use, how to use, usage, use, way of handling (employees, subordinates, etc.), way of treating, treatment, management
春の使い (はるのつかい) Japanese bush warbler, messenger of spring
Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3
JLPT level: N4
219 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 8
Meaning: use, send on a mission, order, messenger, envoy, ambassador, cause
Kunyomi: つか.う つか.い -つか.い -づか.い
Onyomi: シ
Composition: 亻 吏
Radical: 人
Reading: にんべん
Meaning: man, human
Strokes: 2
使用する(しようする) use [v.t.]
行使する(こうしする) exercise [v.t.]
駆使する(くしする) use freely
使役形(しえきけい) causative form
使命(しめい) mission
大使(たいし) ambassador
天使(てんし) angel
使う(つかう) use
魔法使い(まほうつかい) wizard
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
使う (つかう) to use (a tool, 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 of using (something), way to use, how to use, usage, use, way of handling (employees, subordinates, etc.), way of treating, treatment, management
春の使い (はるのつかい) Japanese bush warbler, messenger of spring