用

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

1. use, employ, apply, operate
2. use

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

用 (Yale yung6)

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Hakka

Hanzi

用 (POJ yùng, Guangdong jung⁵; zung⁶ [Hailu], jung³ [Bao'an, Dongguan], Hagfa Pinyim yung4)

References

• CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
• Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

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Japanese

Kanji

用 (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Go'on: 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

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Korean

Hanja

用 (hangeul 용, revised yong, 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, yongEo) 용언 (用言, yongEon) 용역 (用役, yongYeok) 용의 (用意, yongUi) 용인 (用人, yongIn) 용지 (用紙, yongji)

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

Synonyms

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

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
用

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

用 (pinyin yòng (yong4), Wade-Giles yung⁴)

Verb

用 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin yòng)

1. (Beginning Mandarin) to use

   耶和华神对蛇说，你既作了这事，就必受咒诅，比一切的牲畜野兽更甚。你必用肚子行走，终身吃土。

   Yēhéhuá shén duì shé shuō , nǐ jì zuò le zhè shì , jiù bì shòu zhòuzǔ , bǐ yīqiè de shēngchù yĕshòu gèng shén . nǐ bì yòng dùzi xíng zǒu , zhōng shēn chī tǔ .

   And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

Usage notes

May substitute for a preposition, e.g. "to eat with a fork" is 用叉子吃东西 (yòng chāzi chī dōngxi).

Compounds

• 用以 (yòng yǐ)
• 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)

External links

• Guoyu Cidian (國語辭典)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

用 (*iòng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

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