用

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Han character

用 (radical 101 用+0, 5 strokes, cangjie input 月手 (BQ), four-corner 7722₀)

References

• KangXi: page 755, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21703
• Dae Jaweon: page 1166, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 97, character 5
• Unihan data for U+7528

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		用

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yòng (yong⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jung⁶
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): yung
• Min Nan (POJ): ēng / iōng
• Wu (WT Romanisation): hhion (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˋ
    • Wade-Giles: yung⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yonq
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ʊŋ⁵¹/

    • (file)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jung⁶
    • Yale: yuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jung⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yung
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /juŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ēng / iōng
    • Tâi-lô: īng / iōng
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɪŋ³³/, /iɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɪŋ²²/, /iɔŋ²²/
  • Note: iōng is literary (文).
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: hhion (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /ɦi̯ʊŋ²³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (用, reconstructed)
Character (用), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 以 (36) Final: 鍾 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 余頌切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/jɨoŋH/	/i̯woŋH/	/ioŋH/	/jioŋH/	/juawŋH/	/jĭwoŋH/	/ioŋH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (用, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
用								yòng								‹ yowngH ›								/*loŋ-s/								use (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
用					15460					用					東					0					用					/*loŋs/

Definitions

用

1. use, usefulness
   • 有用 ("useful")
   • 没用 ("useless")
2. expenses; outlay
   • 费用／費用 ("cost, expense")
   • 用度 ("expense")
   • 家用 ("domestic, expenses")

Verb

用

1. to use, to employ, to operate

   • 你會不會用電腦？ [MSC, trad.]

     你会不会用电脑？ [MSC, simp.]

     Nǐ huì bù huì yòng diànnǎo? [Pinyin]

     Can you use a computer?

   • 我用海綿來吸水。 [MSC, trad.]

     我用海绵来吸水。 [MSC, simp.]

     Wǒ yòng hǎimián lái xī shuǐ. [Pinyin]

     I used a sponge to draw the water.

2. (polite) to eat; to drink

   • 是喝茶的時間啦，請用一杯茶吧！ [MSC, trad.]

     是喝茶的时间啦，请用一杯茶吧！ [MSC, simp.]

     Shì hē chá de shíjiān la, qǐng yòng yī bēi chá ba! [Pinyin]

     It is tea time. Have a cup of tea, please!

Preposition

用

1. with; by; using
   • 用叉子吃東西 / 用叉子吃东西  ―  yòng chāzi chī dōngxi  ―  to eat with a fork
   • 我用筷子吃飯 / 我用筷子吃饭  ―  wǒ yòng kuàizǐ chīfàn  ―  I eat food with chopsticks.

   • 我用濕抹布擦桌子。 [MSC, trad.]

     我用湿抹布擦桌子。 [MSC, simp.]

     Wǒ yòng shī mǒbù cā zhuōzǐ. [Pinyin]

     I wash the table with a wet cloth.

   • 我老板用姓稱呼我。 [MSC, trad.]

     我老板用姓称呼我。 [MSC, simp.]

     Wǒ lǎobǎn yòng xìng chēnghū wǒ. [Pinyin]

     My boss calls me by my last name.

Compounds

Derived terms

作用 (zuòyòng) 应用 (yìngyòng) 用法 (usage, method of use) 没用 (useless) 用意 (purpose, intention, goal) 用人 (servant) 利用 (to use, make use of, to exploit) 借用 (to borrow in order to use) 活用 (to apply flexibly or imaginatively) 有用 (useful) 恶用 (profanation) 流用 (liú yòng) (to divert for other use) 使用 (to use, to apply, to make use of) 善用 (to be good at using something) (shàn​yòng​) 无用 (wú yòng) (worthless, useless) 用语 (yòng yǔ) (syntax, user of words) 用心 (yòng xīn) (attentively, carefully; intent, motive) 用力 (yòng lì) (to exert oneself; forcefully, with force) 信用 (Finance, Business) (credit)

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Japanese

Kanji

用

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: ゆう (yū)
• Kan’on: よう (yō)
• Kun: もちいる (mochii-ru), from もちゐる (mochiwi-ru), はたらき (hataraki), もって (motte)

References

JIS: 4D51 Kuten: 4549 Shift JIS: 9770 EUC-JP: CDD1 Frequency: 107 Nelson: 2993

New Nelson: 3721 Halpern: 2976 Halpern Learners: 1889 Heisig: 1181 Tuttle Kanji Dictionary: 2r3.1

1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

Usage notes

• Formerly used as man'yōgana for the back-vowel variant (甲類) of よ (yo).

Noun

用 (hiragana よう, romaji yō)

1. business

   ご用 (よう)はありませんか。

   Go-yō wa arimasen ka.

   Can I do anything for you?; Can/may I help you?

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Korean

Hanja

用 (yong) (hangeul 용, McCune-Reischauer yong, Yale yong)

1. (쓸모): use, usage, utility, worth

Derived terms

• 용달 (用達, yongdal)
• 용도 (用途, yongdo)
• 용돈 (用돈, yongdon)
• 용량 (用量, yongryang)
• 용례 (用例, yongrye)
• 용무 (用務, yongmu)
• 용법 (用法, yongbeop)
• 용변 (用便, yongbyeon)
• 용병 (用兵, yongbyeong)
• 용수 (用水, yongsu)
• 용어 (用語, yong-eo)
• 용언 (用言, yong-eon)
• 용역 (用役, yong-yeok)
• 용의 (用意, yong-ui)
• 용인 (用人, yong-in)
• 용지 (用紙, yongji)

• 도용 (盜用, doyong)
• 무용 (無用, muyong)
• 사용 (使用, sayong)
• 선용 (善用, seonyong)
• 악용 (惡用, ag-yong)
• 오용 (誤用, oyong)
• 유용 (有用, yuyong)
• 유용 (流用, yuyong)
• 이용 (利用, iyong)
• 차용 (借用, chayong)
• 활용 (活用, hwar-yong)

Synonyms

• 쓰다 (sseuda) to use; write
• 쓸데 (sseulde) use, usage
• 쓸모 (sseulmo) use, usage, utility

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Vietnamese

Han character

用 (dụng, dùng, giùm, rùng, dộng, đụng, giùng, rụng, vùng)

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