| 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) |
use, send on a mission, order, messenger, envoy, ambassador, cause
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
219 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
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
- Korean:
- sa
Spanish
- usar
- manejar
- emplear
Portuguese
- Uso
- usar
French
- utiliser
| 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 |
street, ward, town, counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something, even number, 4th calendar sign
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N1
1312 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 丁 【チョウ】 counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars
- 丁 【チョウ】 counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding), counter for blocks of tofu, counter for servings in a restaurant, even number, chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m)
- 一丁 【イッチョウ】 one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style), one block of tofu, one serving (in a restaurant), one long and narrow thing (e.g. a gun, scissors, spade, hoe, inkstick, palanquin, candle, jinrikisha, shamisen, oar), one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m), one game, one task, well then, right
- 柳刃包丁 【ヤナギバボウチョウ】 kitchen knife for sashimi
- 丁 【テイ】 fourth rank, fourth class, fourth party (in a contract, etc.), fourth sign of the Chinese calendar, Denmark
- 丁寧 【テイネイ】 polite, courteous, civil, careful, close, thorough, conscientious
- 装丁 【ソウテイ】 binding (of a book), design (of a book cover)
- 正丁 【セイテイ】 man in good health between 21 and 60 years of age to whom applied various corvee and taxes (under the ritsuryō system)
- 丁幾 【チンキ】 tincture
- 亜爾然丁 【アルゼンチン】 Argentina
- 丁々 【トウトウ】 with a chopping sound (of an axe), with a thump (when hammering a post into the ground)
- 丁々 【トウトウ】 with a chopping sound (of an axe), with a thump (when hammering a post into the ground)
- 丁 【チョウ】 counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars
- 丁 【チョウ】 counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding), counter for blocks of tofu, counter for servings in a restaurant, even number, chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m)
Kun reading compounds
- 丁 【てい】 fourth rank, fourth class, fourth party (in a contract, etc.), fourth sign of the Chinese calendar, Denmark
- 丁亥 【ていがい】 Fire Boar (24th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1947, 2007, 2067)
Readings
- Korean:
- jeong
Spanish
- barrio
- distrito
- hoja
Portuguese
- rua
- departamento
- cidade
- sufixo para contagem de para armas
- ferramentas
- folhas ou bolos de alguma coisa
- número par
- 4º sign
French
- pâté de maison
- tranche d'aliment
- exactitude
- soin extrême
- quatrième
- signe du 4è tronc céleste
| 473 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 367 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 346 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 794 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 166 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1024 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 8 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 184 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 184 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 550 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 3 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4155 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2106 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2851 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 92 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 2 | Morohashi |
| 3348 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 91 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 95 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 241 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3153 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a2.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-2-1 | SKIP code |
| 1020.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-35-90 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 4e01 | Unicode hex code |