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    3. 使

    使

    使し

    messenger

    NTNounHistoryReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab8 strokes

    し

    Noun

    1.
    messenger
    2.
    police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods)
    abbreviation
    3.
    klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
    Buddhism

    Stroke 0 / 8

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    Kanji that make up this word

    使
    つか.う・つか.い・-つか.い・-づか.い…(1)
    use・send on a mission・order・messenger・envoy…(2)
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