遣
dispatch, despatch, send, give, donate, do, undertake
Readings
On'yomi
- ケン
Kun'yomi
- つか.う
- -つか.い
- -づか.い
- つか.わす
- や.る
Meaning
遣 centers on sending something or someone out with a purpose: dispatching, giving, or undertaking an action. The meanings 'do' and 'undertake' extend from the idea of carrying out a dispatched task.
Most common words using 遣
20 of 99- 派遣はけんN1
dispatch; despatch; deployment
- 小遣いこづかいN3
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
- して遣るしてやる
to do for (someone)
- 気遣いきづかいN2
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
- 遣り甲斐やりがいN2
value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction
- 無駄遣いむだづかいN2
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
- 気遣うきづかう
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
- 遣わすつかわす
to send; to dispatch; to despatch
- 心遣いこころづかい
consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern; sympathy
- 遣り返すやりかえす
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to reply in kind
- 遣っ付けるやっつけるN2
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
- 息遣いいきづかい
breathing; respiration
- 上目遣いうわめづかい
looking at someone (with upturned eyes); glancing upwards (at someone)
- 先遣せんけん
sending ahead
- 分遣ぶんけん
detachment; detail
- 遣唐使けんとうし
envoy to Tang China
- 言葉遣いことばづかいN3
speech; expression; wording; language
- 仮名遣いかなづかいN2
kana orthography; syllabary spelling
- お小遣いおこづかい
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
- 気遣わしいきづかわしい
anxiously; with anxious looks; with anxiety
Study
Etymology
遣 combines 辶 (movement) with a phonetic element that historically represented sending or dispatching. The exact origin of the inner component is uncertain, but the overall structure suggests an action of sending away.
Meaning mnemonic
The movement radical 辶 wraps around a shape that looks like a package being handed off. Picture someone dispatching a parcel along a path: 遣 is to send or give.
Reading mnemonic
For ケン, imagine Ken dispatching a message: Ken -> ケン, and he sends it off with a wave.