Jisho

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使

8 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
一 ノ 化 口
use, send on a mission, order, messenger, envoy, ambassador, cause
Kun:
つか.う、 つか.い、 -つか.い、 -づか.い
On:
シ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
219 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 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

Kun reading compounds

  • 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 on an errand, messenger, bearer, errand boy, errand girl, familiar spirit, use, usage, user, trainer, tamer, handler, 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
  • オズの魔法使い 【オズのまほうつかい】 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (novel by L. F. Baum, 1900), The Wizard of Oz (film, 1939)
  • 春の使い 【はるのつかい】 Japanese bush warbler, messenger of spring

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi3, shi4
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • usar
  • manejar
  • emplear

Portuguese

  • Uso
  • usar

French

  • utiliser
224 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
303 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
287 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
226 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
432 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
210 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
117 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
556 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.3 Japanese for Busy People
331 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
331 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
199 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
89 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
100 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
68 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
72 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
999 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
573 Morohashi
90 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
196 New Nelson (John Haig)
990 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1065 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
239 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
298 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2166 2001 Kanji
2a6.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-6 SKIP code
2520.6 Four corner code
1-27-40 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f7f Unicode hex code

用

5 strokes
Radical:
use 用 (甩)
Parts:
用
utilize, business, service, use, employ
Kun:
もち.いる
On:
ヨウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
107 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 用 【ヨウ】 business, task, errand, engagement, use, purpose, for the use of ..., used for ..., made for ..., call of nature, excretion
  • 用意 【ヨウイ】 preparation, arrangements, provision, getting ready, laying out (e.g. a meal)
  • 登用 【トウヨウ】 appointment, assignment, promotion
  • 効用 【コウヨウ】 use, utility, effect, benefit

Kun reading compounds

  • 用いる 【もちいる】 to use, to make use of, to utilize, to utilise

Readings

Japanese names:
たから
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yong4
Korean:
yong

Spanish

  • uso
  • empleo
  • trabajo
  • usar
  • hacer uso de

Portuguese

  • utilizar
  • negócios
  • serviço
  • usar
  • empregar

French

  • se servir de
  • affaires
  • service
  • utiliser
  • employer
146 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
235 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
215 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
102 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2993 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
110 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
219 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
193 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.19 Japanese for Busy People
107 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
107 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
308 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1329 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3694 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1889 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2569 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1189 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21703 Morohashi
2976 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3721 New Nelson (John Haig)
1181 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1265 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
177 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
116 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3653 2001 Kanji
2r3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-3 SKIP code
4-5-1 SKIP code
7722.0 Four corner code
1-45-49 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7528 Unicode hex code

者

8 strokes
Radical:
old 老 (耂)
Parts:
老 日
Variants:
者
someone, person
Kun:
もの
On:
シャ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
38 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 者 【シャ】 person, -er, expert, geisha, prostitute
  • 芸者 【ゲイシャ】 geisha, professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets
  • 加害者 【カガイシャ】 perpetrator, wrong-doer, aggressor, assailant, offender

Kun reading compounds

  • 者 【もの】 person
  • 者ども 【ものども】 you, people
  • 弱き者 【よわきもの】 weak person, the weak
  • 若い者 【わかいもの】 young person, young people, youth, youngsters, young employee, young manservant, young follower

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhe3
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • persona

Portuguese

  • alguém
  • pessoa

French

  • personne
  • quelqu'un
235 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
314 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
298 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
22 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3685 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
56 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
240 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
769 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.6 Japanese for Busy People
164 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
164 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
148 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1578 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3980 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2047 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2765 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1264 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
28852 Morohashi
3211 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4698 New Nelson (John Haig)
1256 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1345 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
19 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
302 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1478 2001 Kanji
4c4.13 The Kanji Dictionary
3-4-4 SKIP code
4-8-2 SKIP code
2-4-4 SKIP code
4460.0 Four corner code
1-28-52 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8005 Unicode hex code

責

11 strokes
Radical:
shell 貝
Parts:
二 亠 ハ 土 目 貝
blame, condemn, censure
Kun:
せ.める
On:
セキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
598 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 責 【セキ】 responsibility, duty, obligation
  • 責任 【セキニン】 duty, responsibility (incl. supervision of staff), liability, onus
  • 問責 【モンセキ】 blame, censure, reproof, reprimand, rebuke
  • 引責 【インセキ】 taking responsibility

Kun reading compounds

  • 責める 【せめる】 to condemn, to blame, to criticize, to criticise, to reproach, to accuse, to urge, to press, to pester, to torture, to torment, to persecute, to break in (a horse)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ze2, zhai4
Korean:
chaeg, chae

Spanish

  • condena
  • censura
  • obligación
  • condenar
  • censurar
  • culpar
  • criticar

Portuguese

  • culpa
  • condenar
  • censurar

French

  • blâmer
  • condamner
  • critiquer
649 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
751 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
728 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
759 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4492 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
492 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
923 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
655 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
666 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
638 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1726 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3115 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1595 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2176 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1555 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36682 Morohashi
2467 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5780 New Nelson (John Haig)
1541 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1661 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
739 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1461 2001 Kanji
7b4.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-7 SKIP code
5080.6 Four corner code
1-32-53 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8cac Unicode hex code

任

6 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
ノ 化 士 王
responsibility, duty, term, entrust to, appoint
Kun:
まか.せる、 まか.す
On:
ニン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
217 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 任 【ニン】 obligation, duty, charge, responsibility
  • 任意 【ニンイ】 optional, voluntary, arbitrary, random, discretionary, facultative, spontaneous, any, arbitrary
  • 再任 【サイニン】 reappointment
  • 在任 【ザイニン】 being in office

Kun reading compounds

  • 任せる 【まかせる】 to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone), to entrust (to someone), to entrust (someone) with, to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.), to let (take its own course), to let (happen), to give (oneself to something), to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full, to use freely, to use without reserve
  • 任す 【まかす】 to entrust (to someone), to leave (in someone's hands)

Readings

Japanese names:
さ、 とう、 ひで
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ren4, ren2
Korean:
im

Spanish

  • responsabilidad
  • deber
  • confiar a
  • dejar a cargo de

Portuguese

  • responsabilidade
  • dever
  • termo
  • confiar para
  • nomear

French

  • responsabilité
  • devoir
  • terme
  • confier à
  • nommer
688 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
785 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
764 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
310 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
374 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
414 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
307 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
235 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
334 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
334 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
639 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
69 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
57 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
37 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
38 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1012 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
416 Morohashi
53 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
136 New Nelson (John Haig)
1003 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1078 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
349 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
662 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2172 2001 Kanji
2a4.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-4 SKIP code
2221.4 Four corner code
1-39-04 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4efb Unicode hex code