Search Kanji for 升/meaning-of-使う

使

use

Radical:

Parts:ノ一亻口

Dictionary: 使

Meanings

use; send on a mission; order; messenger; envoy; ambassador; cause

shi
つか.うtsukau · つか.いtsukai · -つか.い-tsukai · -づか.い-zukai
Popularity rank: 219 Pinyin: shǐ, shì Korean: sa Hán-Việt: sử, sứ
Stroke counts: 8 Grade level: 3 JLPT level: 3 Skip code: 1-2-6

Example Words

お使[otsukai] errand
み使い[mitsukai] angel
悪天使[akutenshi] evil angels
かな使い[kanazukai] kana orthography
雁の使い[karinotsukai] (a) letter
旧仮名使い[kyuukanazukai] former (i.e. before the post-WWII reforms) kana usage in writing the readings of kanji
金を使う[kanewotsukau] to spend money
駆使[kushi] free use
軍使[gunshi] truce bearer
権利行使[kenrikoushi] exercise of a right

Kanji Strokes Diagram

measuring box

Radical:

Parts:ノ廾十

Dictionary:

Meanings

measuring box; 1.8 liter

ショウshō
ますmasu
Popularity rank: 2077 Pinyin: shēng Korean: seung Hán-Việt: thăng
Stroke counts: 4 Grade level: 8 JLPT level: 1 Skip code: 4-4-3

Example Words

一升[isshou] unit of old Japanese liquid measurement
一升壜[isshoubin] 1 sho bottle (1.8 litres)
升目[masume] measure
升席[masuseki] tatami "box seat" for four people at sumo, kabuki, etc.
升形[masugata] square (shape)
升遷[shousen] rising up
升酒[masuzake] alcohol (esp. sake) served in a small wooden box
升売り[masuuri] selling something by the boxful (in a wooden masu box)
蓮華升麻[rengeshouma] false anemone (Anemonopsis macrophylla)

Kanji Strokes Diagram

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