| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
13 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 出 【シュツ】 coming out, emerging, being born into (a certain family), being a native of (a particular place)
- 出演 【シュツエン】 appearance (in a film, play, TV show, etc.), performance
- 輩出 【ハイシュツ】 producing (people) in great numbers, appearing one after the other
- 歳出 【サイシュツ】 annual expenditure
- 出納 【スイトウ】 receipts and expenditure (disbursements)
- 出納簿 【スイトウボ】 cashbook
Kun reading compounds
- 出る 【でる】 to leave, to exit, to go out, to come out, to get out, to leave (on a journey), to depart, to start out, to set out, to move forward, to come to, to get to, to lead to, to reach, to appear, to come out, to emerge, to surface, to come forth, to turn up, to be found, to be detected, to be discovered, to be exposed, to show, to be exhibited, to be on display, to appear (in print), to be published, to be announced, to be issued, to be listed, to come out, to attend, to participate, to take part, to enter (an event), to play in, to perform, to be stated, to be expressed, to come up, to be brought up, to be raised, to sell, to exceed, to go over, to stick out, to protrude, to break out, to occur, to start, to originate, to be produced, to come from, to be derived from, to be given, to get, to receive, to be offered, to be provided, to be presented, to be submitted, to be handed in, to be turned in, to be paid, to answer (phone, door, etc.), to get, to assume (an attitude), to act, to behave, to pick up (speed, etc.), to gain, to flow (e.g. tears), to run, to bleed, to graduate, to ejaculate, to cum
- 出る杭は打たれる 【でるくいはうたれる】 the nail that sticks out gets hammered down, people that stick out too much get punished, tall trees catch much wind, people that excel at something become disliked
- 出す 【だす】 to take out, to get out, to put out, to reveal, to show, to submit (e.g. thesis), to turn in, to publish, to make public, to send (e.g. letter), to produce (a sound), to start (fire), to serve (food), ... out (e.g. to jump out, to carry out), to begin ..., to start to ..., to burst into ...
- 出すことは舌を出すも嫌い 【だすことはしたをだすもきらい】 being exceptionally stingy
- 出でる 【いでる】 to go, to come
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いず、 いづ、 いで、 じ、 すっ、 すつ、 てん
- Korean:
- chul, chu
Spanish
- salir
- dejar
- sacar
Portuguese
- saída
- deixa
French
- sortir
- quitter
- présence
| 90 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 29 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 34 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 17 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 97 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 40 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 21 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 523 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.4 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 53 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 53 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 185 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 174 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4310 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2180 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2934 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 774 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1811 | Morohashi |
| 3498 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 445 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 767 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 829 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 8 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 41 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1276 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a5.22 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-5-2 | SKIP code |
| 2277.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-29-48 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 51fa | Unicode hex code |