けん
遣
とう
唐
し
使

noun

Messages.hist.
  1. envoy to Tang China.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
けん
遣
とう
唐
し
使
 遣唐使 けんとうし ✔

Contained Kanji Breakdown

dispatch, despatch, send
つか.う　ケン　や.る (Early Jr. High, N1)
in, inside, middle
なか　チュウ　うち (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ
terraced hill
walk, road, (辵 variant, one dot jōyō form)
T'ang, China, foreign
トウ　から　かろ (Early Jr. High)
dotted cliff radical (no. 53)
ゲン (Kentei 1)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン　かりがね (Kentei 1)
pen radical
snout, hand
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
use, send on a mission, order
つか.う　シ (3rd, N4)
human radical (no. 9)
officer, an official
リ　さと　し (Late Jr. High, N1)
length, ten shaku, measure
ジョウ　たけ　とも (Early Jr. High)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ　ゲ　おさ.める (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)