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遣

遣 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

dispatch, despatch, send, give, donate, do, undertake

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ケンJHS
Kun (native)
  • つか(う)JHS
  • 〜つか(い)
  • 〜づか(い)
  • つか(わす)JHS
  • や(る)
Other languages
  • 拼音qian3
  • 한글gyeon
  • Hán-ViệtKhiển
  • Hán-ViệtKhán

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
辵(しんにょう)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+9063

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿺辶𠳋

Words using this kanji

  • 遣唐使けんとうし《日本史》 奈良時代から平安時代にかけて、日本の朝廷が唐代中国の皇帝宛に派遣した使節。朝貢を始め、学問・仏教・その他文物の取得などを目的とした。envoy to Tang China
  • 遣るやるto do, to undertake, to perform, to play (a game)
  • 遣り甲斐やりがいvalue in doing something, feeling that something is worth doing, rewarding feeling, sense of satisfaction
  • 遣外けんがいdispatched abroad, despatched abroad
  • 遣悶けんもんdriving away melancholy
  • 遣米けんべいdispatching to the United States (e.g. an envoy), sending to the United States
  • 遣欧けんおう欧州に派遣すること。dispatching to Europe (e.g. an envoy), sending to Europe
  • 遣り様やりよう何かをする方法や手段。しかた。way of doing something
  • 遣わすつかわす「つかわす」の漢字表記。to send, to dispatch, to despatch, to bestow (favour, etc.)
  • 遣り水やりみずstream (in a Japanese garden), narrow stream flowing through a traditional garden (esp. in a Heian-period villa), watering (potted plants, bonsai, etc.)
  • 遣らせやらせstaged event, faked situation, prearranged performance
  • 遣隋使けんずいし《日本史》 飛鳥時代から奈良時代にかけて、日本の朝廷が隋代中国の皇帝宛に派遣した使節。朝貢を始め、学問・仏教・その他文物の取得などを目的とした。Japan's envoy to Sui dynasty China
  • 遣らすやらすto allow, to let (someone) do, to make (someone) do
  • 遣明船けんみんせんship used in Japanese missions to Ming dynasty China
  • 遣明使けんみんしJapanese mission to Ming dynasty China
  • 遣られるやられるto suffer damage, to be deceived
  • 遣り通すやりとおすto carry through, to achieve, to complete
  • 遣り手婆やりてばばbrothel madam
  • 遣り掛けやりかけunfinished, in progress
  • 遣り返すやりかえすto answer, to fire back, to retort, to reply in kind

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Lookup codes

SKIP
3-3-10
Four Corner
3530.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2q10.2
Heisig
1910
Nelson
4732