Jisho

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11 strokes
Radical:
knife, sword 刀 (刂)
Parts:
vice-, assistant, aide, duplicate, copy
On:
フク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
360 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 副 【フク】 assistant, associate, vice-, sub-, deputy, substitute, auxiliary, supplementary, additional, collateral, duplicate, copy, adverb
  • 副作用 【フクサヨウ】 side effect, adverse reaction
  • 正副 【セイフク】 original and copy (of a document), principal and vice- (e.g. chairman and vice-chairman)
  • 関副 【カンフク】 relative adverb

Readings

Japanese names:
そい、 そえ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
fu4
Korean:
bu, bog

Spanish

  • vice-
  • duplicado
  • copia

Portuguese

  • vice-
  • duplicar
  • cópia

French

  • vice-
  • copie
  • duplicata
709 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
604 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
576 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
681 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
699 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
772 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
363 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1428 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
714 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
727 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
898 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
203 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2230 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1161 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1581 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
90 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2097 Morohashi
1776 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
503 New Nelson (John Haig)
89 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
93 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
577 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3043 2001 Kanji
2f9.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-9-2 SKIP code
1260.0 Four corner code
1-41-91 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
526f Unicode hex code

使

8 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
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

Speed

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

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