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Kotomora

遣

dispatch, despatch, send, give, donate, do, undertake

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 1,000Strokes13

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

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  • 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

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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.