けん
べい

noun

  1. dispatching to the United States (e.g. an envoy), sending to the United States.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
けん
べい
遣米 けんべい

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)
rice, USA, metre
ベイ こめ マイ (2nd, N3)
to divide
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)