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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 使

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
使 shǐ - to make
- to cause
- to enable
- to use
- to employ
- to send
- to instruct sb to do sth
- envoy
- messenger

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
3 3 659 142 569

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

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Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

A person 亻 working for the government 吏

Other Words Containing 使

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
使 3 3 659 142 569
即使 4 5 885 1,126 911
使用 4 2 1,000 284 711
天使 - 7 1,571 5,022 2,451
使命 6 7 3,815 6,681 8,943
使得 - 5 4,252 1,671 6,354
大使 - 6 4,954 5,799 11,026
使劲 - 4 5,779 10,291 7,114
使者 - 7 6,263 10,313 17,533
大使馆 4 3 7,509 15,578 20,360
迫使 - 7 8,265 8,572 21,308
指使 - - 8,682 15,886 28,244
驱使 - - 9,807 17,353 25,045
促使 5 4 10,377 4,676 13,417
行使 - 8 10,561 5,739 22,458
使唤 - 8 10,646 30,781 22,219
主使 - - 11,206 52,083 69,885
好使 - - 12,111 24,799 12,537
信使 - - 13,018 30,517 44,951
使馆 - - 14,065 10,947 18,376
致使 6 8 17,862 5,328 15,983
使徒 - - 17,939 58,099 29,439
使用者 - - 18,091 11,956 17,449
特使 - - 22,219 22,581 58,895
使坏 - - 23,209 52,409 33,632
差使 - - 26,036 55,499 96,070
诱使 - - 27,304 34,479 36,408
颐指气使 - - 27,784 64,415 52,871
使节 - - 28,571 21,609 69,499
使然 - - 29,235 - -
纵使 - - 30,807 20,320 10,528
使用权 - - 31,063 7,625 21,950
使团 - - 36,674 45,500 74,509
使性子 - - 43,191 - 91,246
假使 6 9 43,792 31,709 28,620
白衣天使 - - 44,103 59,316 -
使领馆 - - 46,072 54,979 69,313
使用量 - - 47,432 30,165 46,493
支使 - - 56,858 71,794 68,829
鬼使神差 - - 63,806 44,844 39,080
密使 - - 63,858 78,164 71,968
公使 - - 65,577 33,603 68,591
出使 - - 77,445 36,767 63,051
祈使句 - - 82,613 99,658 95,712