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使

shǐ

HSK 3.0 · 3HSK 2.0 · 3

shǐ · sai2 (Jyutping)

  1. to make
  2. to cause
  3. to enable
  4. to use
  5. to employ
  6. to send
  7. to instruct sb to do sth
  8. envoy
  9. messenger

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Character breakdown

使

Meaning
cause, send on a mission, order; envoy, messenger, ambassador
Radical
亻
Strokes
8
Components
⿰亻吏
Cangjie
OJLK
Four-corner
2520.6

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