Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

664 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: dispatch, despatch, send, give, donate, do, undertake

Kunyomi: つか.う -つか.い -づか.い つか.わす や.る

Onyomi: ケン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: walk

Examples

Onyomi Examples

唐使 ケントウシ envoy to Tang China

ケンオウ dispatching to Europe (e.g. an envoy), sending to Europe

センケン sending ahead

サケン dispatch, despatch, sending

Kunyomi Examples

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

わす つかわす to send, to dispatch, to despatch, to bestow (favour, etc.), to grant (e.g. pardon)

やる to do, to undertake, to perform, to play (a game), to study, to send, to dispatch, to despatch, to put, to move, to turn (one's head, glance, etc.), to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status), to let have, to present, to bestow, to confer, to make (a vehicle) go faster, to run (a business), to keep, to be engaged in, to practice (law, medicine, etc.), to practise, to have (food, drink, etc.), to eat, to drink, to smoke, to hold (a performance), to perform, to show, to ease (one's mind), to harm, to injure, to kill, to have sex, to fuck, to bang, to live, to get by, to get along, to do ... completely, to do ... broadly, to do ... to a great distance, to do ... for (someone of equal or lower status), to do ... to, to make active efforts to ...

やる気 やるき will (to do something), drive, motivation, enthusiasm, eagerness