Word details
使
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 使.
Dictionary
Entry
1
messenger
2
Abbreviation
police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods)
3
Buddhism
klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
使
use, send on a mission, order, messenger, envoy, ambassador, cause
8 strokesFrequency 219JLPT N3Grade 3
On
シ
Kun
つか.うつか.い-つか.い-づか.い
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