使 to instruct how something is to be performed, to use, to cause, to make, to enable something to be done, employ, servant; task, errand, messenger 仗,口,吅,仲,一,史,亻,吏,

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On-yomi [ Toggle rōmaji ]

シ
SHI

Kun-yomi

つか(う　･　つか(い　･　～つか(い　･　～づか(い
tsu　ka　u　･　tsu　ka　i　･　～tsu　ka　i　･　～dzu　ka　i

Glyph elements [ Toggle Font ]

仗

ジョウ,チョウ,つえ,つわもの,まわり,よる rely upon, protector, to wield weaponry, to lean upon, walking cane, rod grasping

　PERSON and WITHIN RANGE
…or: ROD HEAD of ELDERLY MALE
…or: PERSON with LONG POLE
　

口

コウ,ク,くち orifice, mouth, cavity or passage of the body; an opening, aperture, vent

　ORIFICE
　

吅

× juxtaposed orifices, rowdy behavior; female-female relations

　multiple ORIFICES, MOUTHS
　

仲

チュウ,なか relations (of people), middle man or woman, intermediary, intimate and close, buddy, chum, the second brother

　PERSON with MIDDLE, AMONG
…or: PERSONS and TWO-SIDED
…or: ROD HEAD outside with another ROD in VULVA, JUXTAPOSED ORIFICES
　

一

イチ,イツ,ひと～ horizontal, array of items, reciprocating lateral motion, indicates width or extent, one segment, rod stalk or stem

　SIDE TO SIDE, BACK AND FORTH
　

史

シ,× history of [something], human history, annals

　ORIFICE or ROWDY BEHAVIOR, JUXTAPOSED ORIFICES or VULVA with ERECTION and TAUT
　

亻

× person (male generally), rod head, head on rod

　THE HEAD OF AN ANIMAL OR PERSON and VERTICAL, RECIPROCATING MOTION, ONE'S ROD, STALK OR STEM
　

吏

リ,× official person holding a low-ranking office, scribe, court reporter of official matters, affairs, incidents, person who barks but with no bite

　ROD with HISTORY, ANNALS
…or: ORIFICE, MOUTH and WITHIN SPECIFIED LIMITS, AS MIGHT BE EXPECTED
…or: HISTORY of an ORIFICE
　

Meanings of elements

RELY UPON, TO WIELD an ORIFICE
…or: RELATIONS OF PEOPLE, INTERMEDIARY, INTIMATE AND CLOSE with ERECTION and TAUT
…or: PERSON, ROD HEAD SLIDING with LOW-LEVEL OFFICIAL
…or: ROD HEAD SLIDING with ROD in HISTORY

「To rely upon, wielding [juxtaposed] orifice」as INSTRUCTING HOW SOMETHING IS TO BE PERFORMED, TO USE, EMPLOY, HIRE, a SHORT-TERM RENTAL, SERVICE PROVIDER performing a task, a「person with a minor function, low-class minor position」or「person functioning with a minor in position.」「Person screwing vulva, orifice with taut erection」: to USE or EMPLOY a person providing some service or in performing an action, such as an ERRAND, TASK.「Person」EMPLOYED in some capacity on behalf of another, with「limited scope and range of authority」(丈) such as a SERVANT for a master.
Right elements were formerly「array of history, annals」「arrayed with vulva crotch」or「screwing crotch skill with juxtaposed orifices」(叓) to describe someone who performed low-level clerical work, a scribe reporting the actions of the lord's court, that is, recording the deeds of concubines with the lord. The record was「relied upon」to determine possible paternity, tracing transmission of infection, and fairness of access to the lord among the ranks of concubines, all needed to settle claims and maintain order.
「Person scribe」as a MESSENGER. Acting as a「barker, loudmouth」to broadcast a MESSAGE, such as hollering「Next!」into the harem hall.

External source definitions …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may include extended definitions, euphemisms, and mnemonics)
Chinese: to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger
Japanese EDRDG: use, send on a mission, order, messenger, envoy, ambassador, cause
Unihan extended: cause, send on a mission, order; envoy, messenger, ambassador

Always keep in mind that these glyphs most likely were originally designed by groups of clever old men as vulgar riddles for their own entertainment (see 籒 for that), representing Chinese society many thousands of years ago, but intended NOT as a written or spoken language when created. If these glyphs had been intended for language use, the sages could not have possibly designed a worse system! Is it truly possible that all these glyphs started out as off-color jokes and puzzles? Yes! It is, and often with multiple correct answers to each riddle, the same as is true today. Sex had no shame in ancient China. Why would it? But, have there been necessary rewrites and altered explanations of the original elemental meanings over the centuries?

No one is suggesting these glyphs depict contemporary life in China, Japan, or anywhere else. This site describes glyph meanings, not people. These glyphs however, describe many and various things, including people, long before there were any notions of becoming politically incorrect. The question to be answered is, should these glyphs continue being used, by anyone, anywhere, for expressing language? (More...) Despite how seemingly bad our human existence is today, do you actually believe that the so-called good old days were any better? Or could they have been worse?

By the way, with a limited number of the same elements used by the sages again and again to form these glyphs, you should expect to find the same explanations again and again, as tedious as that may become, and as an inherent trait of any lexicon. This site explains multiple meanings of glyphs ignored or censored by other sources, generally as being too embarrassing to admit today.