遣
dispatch; use; despatch; send; give; donate; do; undertake
13 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 664.
Readings
- ケン (on reading): 派遣 (はけん) dispatch; 分遣 (ぶんけん) detachment
- つかい (kun reading): 気遣い (きづかい) consideration; 無駄遣い (むだづかい) waste (of money, time, etc.)
- つかわす (kun reading): 遣わす (つかわす) to send; 使者を遣わす (ししゃをつかわす) to dispatch a messenger
- つかう (kun reading): 気遣う (きづかう) to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); 歴史的仮名遣 (れきしてきかなづかい) historical kana orthography (used before 1946 reform)
- やる (kun reading): 木遣り (きやり) workmen's chant while pulling a heavy load; 遣り通す (やりとおす) to carry through
- づかい (kun reading)
Components
Kanji containing 遣
Words using 遣
- 派遣 (はけん) dispatch
- 分遣 (ぶんけん) detachment
- 遣唐使 (けんとうし) envoy to Tang China
- 災害派遣 (さいがいはけん) disaster relief operation
- 先遣隊 (せんけんたい) advance party
- 気遣い (きづかい) consideration
- 無駄遣い (むだづかい) waste (of money, time, etc.)
- 小遣い (こづかい) pocket money
- 言葉遣い (ことばづかい) speech
- 仮名遣い (かなづかい) kana orthography
- 遣わす (つかわす) to send
- 使者を遣わす (ししゃをつかわす) to dispatch a messenger
- 申し遣わす (もうしつかわす) to write to
- 気遣わしい (きづかわしい) anxiously
- 差し遣わす (さしつかわす) to send off
- 気遣う (きづかう) to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort)
- 歴史的仮名遣 (れきしてきかなづかい) historical kana orthography (used before 1946 reform)
- 上代特殊仮名遣 (じょうだいとくしゅかなづかい) special kana usage rules of the Nara period
- 字音仮名遣 (じおんかなづかい) jion kanazukai (historical kana style for kanji on-yomi)
- 金を遣う (かねをつかう) to spend money
- 木遣り (きやり) workmen's chant while pulling a heavy load
- 遣り通す (やりとおす) to carry through
- 遣り水 (やりみず) stream (in a Japanese garden)
- 遣り手婆 (やりてばば) brothel madam
- 蚊遣り (かやり) outdoor fire with dense smoke to repel mosquitoes
- 金遣いの荒い (かねずかいのあらい) extravagant
- 鬼遣 (おにやらい) driving out evil spirits (on New Year's eve)
84 words in all.