EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    envoy; ambassador; delegate; emissary; mission

    政府は外国へ使節を派遣した。
    The government dispatched missions abroad.
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Characters in this word

2
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
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

node, season, period, occasion, verse, clause, stanza, honor, joint, knuckle, knob, knot, tune, melody

Kun
ふし、-ぶし、のっと
On
セツ、セチ
Strokes
13
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N1
Frequency
934 of 2500
Radical
bamboo
WaniKani
Level 19

Built from

Used in names as

たかし

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-6-7SKIP code
6f7.3The Kanji Dictionary
8872.7Four corner code
2344deroo
7bc0Unicode hex code
1-32-65JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3402Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4299New Nelson (John Haig)
2691New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3336Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1729Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2349Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1464Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1574Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
731A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2215Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
683Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
26102Morohashi
523A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
464Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
472Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
446sakade
800Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
552henshall3
607Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
699Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1482Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1476Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jie2, jie1Pinyin reading
jeolKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
19WaniKani level