用

See also: 甩

用 U+7528, 用 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7528 ← 甧 [U+7527] CJK Unified Ideographs 甩 → [U+7529]

⽤ U+2F64, ⽤ KANGXI RADICAL USE ← ⽣ [U+2F63] Kangxi Radicals ⽥ → [U+2F65]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

用 (Kangxi radical 101, 用+0, 5 strokes, cangjie input 月手 (BQ), four-corner 7722₀, composition ⿵⺆𰀁 or ⿻丨月)

1. Kangxi radical #101, ⽤.

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese radical/用
• 佣, 𠖿, 𠰩, 𡊤, 𡛾, 𢘭, 拥, 𣳔, 𨒗, 𪱽, 𭯕, 㶲, 𤤪, 𦙸, 砽, 𥞖, 𥙓, 𮈉, 𦕘, 𧊊, 𮘄, 𨀍, 𬫉, 𫙅, 𭛇
• 𭛓, 𮟳, 𤬶, 𩿾, 𥁎, 角, 𡿲, 苚, 𮗠, 𥥝, 𧙚, 𩬮, 𢦨, 痈

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 755, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21703
• Dae Jaweon: page 1166, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 97, character 5
• Unihan data for U+7528

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		用
alternative forms		𠛁 𤰃 𠂵 𤰆 𡶤 𠛁 𤰃 𠂵 𤰆 𡶤 𠂦

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 用
Shang		Western Zhou		Spring and Autumn	Warring States			Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)		Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Ancient script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (用) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
通	*l̥ʰoːŋ
俑	*l̥ʰoːŋ, *loŋʔ
蓪	*l̥ʰoːŋ
桶	*l̥ʰoːŋʔ, *l'oːŋʔ
捅	*l̥ʰoːŋʔ
痛	*l̥ʰoːŋs
筩	*l'oːŋ
誦	*ljoŋs
傭	*l̥ʰoŋ, *loŋ
慵	*ɦljoŋ
鱅	*ɦljoŋ, *loŋ
滽	*loŋ
墉	*loŋ
鏞	*loŋ
鄘	*loŋ
槦	*loŋ
銿	*loŋ
甬	*loŋʔ
勇	*loŋʔ
涌	*loŋʔ
踊	*loŋʔ
蛹	*loŋʔ
恿	*loŋʔ
慂	*loŋʔ
悀	*loŋʔ
埇	*loŋʔ
踴	*loŋʔ
庸	*loŋ
用	*loŋs
佣	*loŋs

Pictogram (象形) : a water bucket. Compare 桶.

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *z(j)um ~ *zuŋ, provisionally set up by STEDT. Cognates to 傭 (OC loŋ) and 庸 (OC loŋ), outside Sinitic, Southern Bai zv³¹ (“to use”) Burmese သုံ (sum, “to use”), Ersu zi⁵⁵ (“to use”), Nuosu ꌬ (ssi, “to use”), Pa'o Karen [script needed] (sūŋ, “to use”).

Sun (1999) and Schuessler (2007) consider this word a cognate to Tibetan ལོངས (longs, “use”)

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 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. use; utility; usefulness

   有用  ―  yǒuyòng  ―  useful

   沒用／没用  ―  méiyòng  ―  useless

3. (honorific) 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. Please have a cup of tea!

4. expenses; outlay

   費用／费用  ―  fèiyòng  ―  cost, expense

   用度  ―  yòngdù  ―  expense

   家用  ―  jiāyòng  ―  family expenses

5. 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.

   我老闆用姓稱呼我。 [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.

6. (chiefly used in the negative or interrogative) to need

   不用急，慢慢來。 [MSC, trad.]
   不用急，慢慢来。 [MSC, simp.]

   Bùyòng jí, mànmān lái. [Pinyin]

   No need to hurry. Please take it easy.

7. (literary) therefore
8. (obsolete) because of; due to; because

   • 子曰：「伯夷叔齊，不念舊惡，怨是用希。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     子曰：「伯夷叔齐，不念旧恶，怨是用希。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zǐyuē: “Bóyí Shūqí, bùniànjiù'è, yuàn shìyòng xī.” [Pinyin]

     The Master said, "Bo Yi and Shu Qi did not keep the former wickednesses of men in mind, and hence (i.e. "because of this") the resentments directed towards them were few."

9. a surname

Synonyms

• (to use):

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• 使出 (shǐchū)
• 使用 (shǐyòng)
• 利用 (lìyòng)
• 動用／动用 (dòngyòng)
• 取用 (qǔyòng)
• 吸納／吸纳 (xīnà)
• 善用 (shànyòng) (to put to good use)
• 套用 (tàoyòng) (to apply mechanically)
• 實用／实用 (shíyòng)
• 應用／应用 (yìngyòng)
• 採用／采用 (cǎiyòng)
• 採納／采纳 (cǎinà)
• 搬 (bān) (to apply mechanically)
• 搬動／搬动 (bāndòng)
• 施用 (shīyòng)
• 沿用 (yányòng) (to continue to use)
• 硬套 (yìngtào) (to apply mechanically)
• 起動／起动 (Quanzhou Hokkien, Xiamen Hokkien)
• 運用／运用 (yùnyòng)
• 錄用／录用 (lùyòng)
• 須／须 (xū) (literary)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 用 (“to use”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		用, 使用
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	使, 用
	Malaysia	用
	Singapore	用
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	使, 用
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	使喚
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	用, 使
	Wuhan	用
	Guilin	用
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	用
	Hefei	使, 用
Cantonese	Guangzhou	用, 使
	Hong Kong	用, 使
	Yangjiang	使
	Singapore (Guangfu)	用
Gan	Nanchang	用
Hakka	Meixian	用
Jin	Taiyuan	使喚, 用
Northern Min	Jian'ou	使
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	使
Southern Min	Xiamen	用
	Penang (Hokkien)	用
	Singapore (Hokkien)	用
	Chaozhou	用, 使
	Singapore (Teochew)	用
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	用
Wu	Suzhou	用
	Wenzhou	用
Xiang	Changsha	用
	Shuangfeng	用

Dialectal synonyms of 用 (“with; by; using”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		用, 拿
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	拿, 用
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	用, 拿
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	用, 拿
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	拿, 使
	Wuhan	用, 架, 拿
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	拿, 用
	Hefei	用, 拿
Cantonese	Guangzhou	用, 攞
	Hong Kong	用, 攞
	Yangjiang	用, 捰
Gan	Nanchang	用, 拿
Hakka	Meixian	用
Jin	Taiyuan	拿, 用
Northern Min	Jian'ou	使
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	使, 獲
Southern Min	Xiamen	用
	Jinjiang	用
	Manila (Hokkien)	用
	Chaozhou	用
Wu	Suzhou	拿, 用
	Wenzhou	用, 𧵊
Xiang	Changsha	用, 拿
	Shuangfeng	用

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (用):

• → Japanese: 用(よう) (yō)
• → Korean: 용(用) (yong)
• → Vietnamese: dụng (用)

Others:

• → Iu Mien: longc
• → Vietnamese: dùng
• → Zhuang: yungh

References

• “用”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02627

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Japanese

Kanji

用

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: ゆう (yū)
• Kan-on: よう (yō, Jōyō)
• Kun: もちいる (mochiiru, 用いる, Jōyō)^{←もちゐる (motiwiru, 用ゐる, historical)}

Usage notes

Formerly used as man'yōgana for the back-vowel variant (甲類) of よ, romanized as yo₁.

Noun

用(よう) • (yō) 

1. use (noun)

   事(じ)業(ぎょう)の用(よう)に供(きょう)している資(し)産(さん)

   jigyō no yō ni kyō shite iru shisan

   assets provided for business use

2. a task, business, an errand

   今(こん)晩(ばん)用(よう)があるから出(で)かける。

   Konban yō ga aru kara dekakeru.

   I'll be out this evening because I have an errand.

Suffix

用(よう) • (-yō) 

1. for the use of, for the purpose of, in case of

   家(か)庭(てい)用(よう)石(せっ)鹸(けん)、散(さん)歩(ぽ)用(よう)のブーツ、非常(ひじょう)用(よう)

   kateiyō sekken, sanpoyō no būtsu, hijōyō

   soap for household use, boots for [the purpose of] walking, in case of emergency

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 用 (MC yowngH). Recorded as Middle Korean 용 (yong) (Yale: yong) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [jo(ː)ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [용(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

Wikisource

用 (eumhun 쓸 용 (sseul yong))

1. hanja form^? of 용 (“use”)

Compounds

Compounds

• 용달 (用達, yongdal)
• 용도 (用途, yongdo)
• 용돈 (用돈, yongdon)
• 용량 (用量, yongnyang)
• 용례 (用例, yongnye)
• 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, 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)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

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Vietnamese

Han character

用: Hán Nôm readings: dụng, dùng, giùm, rùng, dộng, đụng, giùng, rụng, vùng

1. to use
2. to eat or drink