Memory phrase for the character: 使

使

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Meaning

to cause, to instruct sb., to enable, to send

Pronunciation

 shǐ

Explanation

 Left: person 亻/人, right: civil servant 吏 (A mouth 口 of a certain reach 丈 is expected from an official.) [丈 = big 大 step, length 3.3m]

Mnemonic
 
This person is civil servant and can cause you to do sth.

Radicals

亻 personThis radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" 人, and shows a person who stands with the legs apart. - This radical has several variation, i.e. a lying person , a sitting 匕 person.
丈 unit of lengthA tall 大 person making a wide lunge (= lateral step) to the right to measure this distance.
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 Vocabulary

使得 shǐ de  usable; workable; feasible; doable; to make; to cause
假使 jiǎ shǐ  if; in case; suppose; given...
致使 zhì shǐ  to cause; to result in
大使馆 dà shǐ guǎn  embassy
迫使 pò shǐ  to force; to compel
行使 xíng shǐ  to exercise (a right etc)
大使 dà shǐ  ambassador; envoy
促使 cù shǐ  to induce; to promote; to urge; to impel; to bring about; to provoke; to drive (sb to do sth); to catalyze; to actuate; to contribute to (some development)
即使 jí shǐ  even if; even though; given that
使用 shǐ yòng  to use; to employ; to apply; to make use of
马噶尔尼使团 Mǎ gá ěr ní shǐ tuán  the Macartney mission to Qing China in 1793
马噶尔尼使团 Mǎ gá ěr ní shǐ tuán  

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