遣
遣 — Dispatch
dispatch, despatch, send, give, donate, do
On’yomiケン (ken)
Kun’yomiつかう (tsukau)
Kun’yomi-つかい (tsukai)
Kun’yomi-づかい (zukai)
Kun’yomiつかわす (tsukawasu)
Kun’yomiやる (yaru)
Stroke order (13 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 遣
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 派遣 | はけん haken | dispatch; despatch; deployment |
| 小遣い | こづかい kozukai | pocket money; spending money; pin money |
| 先遣 | せんけん senken | sending ahead |
| 仮名遣い | かなづかい kanazukai | kana orthography; syllabary spelling |
| 気遣い | きづかい kizukai | consideration; concern; fear |
| 言葉遣い | ことばづかい kotobazukai | speech; expression; wording |
Study notes
遣 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 13 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #664 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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