"使" meaning in Japanese

See 使 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Character

  1. Tags: grade-3-kanji, kanji, no-gloss Derived forms: 大使館 (taishikan) (ruby: (たい), 使(), (かん)) (english: embassy), 天使 (tenshi) (ruby: (てん), 使()) (english: angel), 大使 (taishi) (ruby: (たい), 使()) (english: ambassador)
    Sense id: en-使-ja-character-47DEQpj8

Noun

Forms: 使 [canonical] (ruby: 使()), shi [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|し}} 使(し) • (shi)
  1. messenger
    Sense id: en-使-ja-noun-BQ-ZPqIy Categories (other): Grade 3 kanji, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Grade 3 kanji: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant transliterations: 0 100

Download JSON data for 使 meaning in Japanese (1.9kB)

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              "使",
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            ],
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              "館",
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          "word": "大使館"
        },
        {
          "english": "angel",
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              "使",
              "し"
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          "word": "天使"
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              "使",
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    "Japanese lemmas",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-12 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (ae36afe and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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