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dispatch
Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingケン
Kun readingつか.う、-つか.い、-づか.い、つか.わす、や.る
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8

Meanings

  1. dispatchRtK
  2. despatch
  3. do
  4. donate
  5. give
  6. send
  7. undertake
  1. envoy to Tang China

Popular Usage

小遣い仮名遣い言葉遣い

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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purse · in · one (一) · floor · maestro without baton · road (辶)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1910

Compound words

小遣いこづかい
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
仮名遣いかなづかい
kana orthography; syllabary spelling
言葉遣いことばづかい
speech; expression; wording; language
派遣するはけんする
dispatch
先遣せんけん
sending ahead
派遣はけん
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker
気遣いきづかい
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
遣唐使けんとうし
envoy to Tang China
心遣いこころづかい
consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness
無駄遣いむだづかい
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
お小遣いおこづかい
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
遣すよこす
to send
遣るやる
to do
遣悶けんもん
driving away melancholy
遣うつかう
お遣いおつかい
errand
遣り方やりかた
way (of doing)
遣り様やりよう
way of doing something
遣明使けんみんし
Japanese mission to Ming dynasty China
遣隋使けんずいし
Japan's envoy to Sui dynasty China
御遣いおつかい
errand
銭遣いぜにづかい
way of spending money
気遣うきづかう
為て遣るしてやる
to do for (someone)

Kun Reading Examples

うちの子供達はしょっちゅう小遣いをせがんできます。こづかい
My children often ask me for money.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は特別な任務でヨーロッパに派遣された。
He was sent on a special mission to Europe.tatoeba
彼は特派員として海外に派遣された。
He was sent abroad as a correspondent.tatoeba
彼は妻の無駄遣いに渋い顔をする。
He frowns on his wife's wasting money.tatoeba
彼はお金を無駄遣いするくせのために結婚できなかった。
Because of his habit of wasting money, he couldn't get married.tatoeba

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