使 - shǐ

cause, send on a mission, order; envoy, messenger, ambassador

How to read 使

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Hanzi	使
Traditional	使
Pinyin	shǐ
English	cause, send on a mission, order; envoy, messenger, ambassador
Radical hint	人

Example words

to use; to exert to exert all one's strength mission; long-term task to which one devotes oneself; a calling to order sb around; to handle; Taiwan pr. [shi3 huan4]

Example sentence

I am learning the character 使.