shǐ

使

cause, mission, orders; envoy, messenger, ambassador

HSK 2.0 · 3 HSK 3.0 · 3
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Words with 使

使用 shǐ yòng to use; to employ HSK 2
大使馆 dà shǐ guǎn embassy HSK 3
促使 cù shǐ to induce; to promote HSK 4
使劲 shǐ jìn to exert all one's strength HSK 4
即使 jí shǐ even if; even though HSK 5
使得 shǐ de usable; workable HSK 5
大使 dà shǐ ambassador; envoy HSK 6
天使 tiān shǐ angel HSK 7–9
使命 shǐ mìng mission; long-term task to which one devotes oneself HSK 7–9
行使 xíng shǐ to exercise (a right etc) HSK 7–9
使者 shǐ zhě emissary; envoy HSK 7–9
迫使 pò shǐ to force; to compel HSK 7–9

Character facts

Radical
亻 man, person; people
Parts
亻 + 吏
Structure
Left–right
Unicode
U+4F7F

Ideographic: A person 亻 working for the government 吏