遣 – dispatch, despatch, send

13 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#664 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 遣 means dispatch, despatch, send, give, donate, do, undertake. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ケン (ken); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is つか.う、-つか.い、-づか.い、つか.わす、や.る (tsukau, tsukai, zukai, tsukawasu, yaru). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 辵 (no. 162).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
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

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 辵 (Kangxi radical 162). Components: ｜・一・口・込.

Words using 遣

小遣いこづかいpocket money仮名遣いかなづかいkana orthography言葉遣いことばづかいspeech派遣はけんdispatch無駄遣いむだづかいwaste (of money, time, etc.)

Example sentences

言葉遣いにはいつも気をつけるべきです。

You should always be careful in your speech.

Tatoeba #174675

１９５１年にシスター・テレサは当時インド最大の都市であったカルカッタに派遣された。

In 1951, Sister Teresa was sent to Calcutta, then the largest city in India.

Tatoeba #235904

Kanji with the same radical

連選通進近道運過送違述追退辺造達

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