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遣 means 'use'

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Strokes : 13    Frequency: 1008   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-9    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 79 words   Used in 172 words   Used in 16 names   Component in 4 kanji (0 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ケン
Kun
   つかう to use, to employ   つかわす to dispatch
Additional readings
Kun    -つかい   -づかい   やる
Components
⿺  ⻌ (辵) move  ⿳  中 middle  一 one  㠯 (𠂤) two mouths  
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遺 bequest  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 遣 is used 4 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 遣 is used 160 times, read 3 ways (with 2 variations).
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ケン : 29 words FIND ALL
は け ん 0
Most common form: はけん
1. dispatch; despatch; deployment
noun
2. temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp  (see also: 派遣社員, 派遣労働者; abbreviation)
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やる : 81 words FIND ALL
expression, ichidan verb
to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted  (see also: して遣る; often written with kana only)
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つかう (read as づか) : 25 words FIND ALL
む だ づ か い 3
Most common form: むだ遣い
wasting ... on (e.g. money); squandering; waste; frittering away
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つかう : 24 words FIND ALL
つ か わ す 0 つ か わ す 3
Most common form: 使わす
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to send; to dispatch; to despatch
'su' godan verb, auxiliary verb
2. to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)  (after て form, slightly pompous; often written with kana only)
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やる (read as やり) : 1 word FIND ALL
noun
device to repel mosquitoes by fumigation
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An additional つか.わす less common words include 遣 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1220  Joy o' Kanji : 1220  Key to Kanji: - 

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遣
ケン   つかう to use, to employ   つかわす to dispatch   
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中
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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丨
stick   
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
㠯
two mouths
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⻌
move
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