Entry
  1. Noun

    investigator (esp. of an accident or a crime scene); fact-finding envoy

  2. investigating a crime scene or unnatural death (Edo period); investigation

    Historical term

  3. investigator of a crime scene or unnatural death (Edo period)

    Historical term

  4. attending as an official witness to a seppuku (Edo period)

    Historical termsee 切腹

  5. official witness to a seppuku (Edo period)

    Historical termsee 切腹

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

examination, investigate

Kun
しら.べる
On
ケン
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N1
Frequency
290 of 2500
Radical
tree
WaniKani
Level 21

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-4-8SKIP code
4a8.28The Kanji Dictionary
4893.6Four corner code
1863deroo
691cUnicode hex code
1-24-01JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2304Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2752New Nelson (John Haig)
986New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1241Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
674Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
898Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1673Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1803Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
351A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
785Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
15065PMorohashi
663A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
531Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
540Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
771sakade
638Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
690henshall3
752Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
473crowley
792Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1101Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1689Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jian3Pinyin reading
geomKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
21WaniKani level
使
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

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

Kun
つか.うつか.い-つか.い-づか.い
On
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
219 of 2500
Radical
person
WaniKani
Level 9

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-2-6SKIP code
2a6.2The Kanji Dictionary
2520.6Four corner code
2166deroo
4f7fUnicode hex code
1-27-40JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
432Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
196New Nelson (John Haig)
90New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
100Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
68Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
72Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
990Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1065Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
226A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
556Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
210Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
573Morohashi
287A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
331Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
331Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
224sakade
117Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
303henshall3
298Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
239crowley
199Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.3busy_people
89Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
999Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shi3, shi4Pinyin reading
saKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
9WaniKani level