Today’s first #kanji is #使. It is made of にんべん（イ、person/people） and 吏. 吏 means a lower class government officer, so it is easy to understand 使 can be a messenger and I guess messengers can be used by higher ranked officers?
Meaning: to use, a messenger
Reading: シ、つか（づか）
使用（シヨウ）: use, employment, application, consumption
使者（シシャ）: a messengeer
天使（テンシ）: an angel, a heavenly messenger
大使（タイシ）: an ambassador
公使（コウシ）: an envoy, a minister
行使（コウシ）: use, exercise
使う（つかう）: to use, to utilize
使い（つかい）: an errand, a messenger
使い道（つかいみち）: a use
人使い（ひとづかい）が荒（あら）い: to work one’s people hard, to be a slave driver
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