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使 = 亻 + 吏
使 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “use”. It is built from 亻 (person) and 吏 (officer). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1065.
- Keyword
- use
- RTK frame
- 1065
- Strokes
- 8
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- シ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- つか.う, つか.い, -つか.い, -づか.い
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- использовать
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 使 cause
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 使 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “person” + “officer”. 使 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 使 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.