使

noun, takes する, transitive verb

  1. setting (someone) to work, employment, using.

noun

Messages.gramm.
  1. causative.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
使
使役 しえき

Contained Kanji Breakdown

use, send on a mission, order
つか.う シ (3rd, N4)
human radical (no. 9)
officer, an official
リ さと し (8th, N1)
length, ten shaku, measure
ジョウ たけ とも (7th)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
duty, war, campaign
ヤク エキ ちゃく (3rd, N3)
stop, linger, loiter
テキ たたず.む (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
human radical (no. 9)
pike, windy-again radical (no. 79)
シュ また ほこ (Kentei 1)
table, table enclosure, table or windy radical (no. 16)
キ きにょう (Kentei 1)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)