使

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to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A person 亻 working for the government 吏

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人 person + 丈 100 Chinese inches + 口 mouth

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
和平特使	hé píng tè shǐ	peace envoy
使性子	shǐ xìng zi	to lose one's temper
白衣天使	bái yī tiān shǐ	"angel in white" (laudatory term for a nurse)
使不得	shǐ bu de	cannot be used; must not (do sth); unacceptable
全权大使	quán quán dà shǐ	plenipotentiary ambassador
使眼色	shǐ yǎn sè	to give sb a meaningful look
使人信服	shǐ rén xìn fú	convincing
天使投资人	tiān shǐ tóu zī rén	angel investor
天使报喜节	Tiān shǐ bào xǐ jié	Annunciation (Christian festival on 25th March); Lady day
使用者	shǐ yòng zhě	(Tw) user
不首先使用	bù shǒu xiān shǐ yòng	no first use (policy for nuclear weapons); NFU
使用量	shǐ yòng liàng	volume of use; usage amount
信使核糖核酸	xìn shǐ hé táng hé suān	messenger RNA, mRNA
节度使	jié dù shǐ	Tang and Song dynasty provincial governor, in Tang times having military and civil authori…
使用权	shǐ yòng quán	usage rights
大使级	dà shǐ jí	ambassadorial
大使	dà shǐ	ambassador; envoy; CL:名[ming2],位[wei4]
重复使力伤害	chóng fù shǐ lì shāng hài	repetitive strain injury (RSI)
形象大使	xíng xiàng dà shǐ	person who represents an organization and enhances its image; an ambassador
天使	tiān shǐ	angel