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Kanji Detail for 用 - "to use"

用

  • Meaning

    用 means "to use." Also associated with function, resources.

    1. To use - To employ; to utilize; to apply.

    2. Function - Ability; effect; action.

    3. Resources - Finances; materials; capital.

    4. By means of - Through; using.

    5. Task - Work; things to be done.

    6. Toilet - Using the bathroom.

  • Words using 用

    • 使用 しよう Listen use; application; employment
    • 利用 りよう Listen use; utilization; utilisation
    • 採用 さいよう Listen use; adoption; acceptance
    • 費用 ひよう Listen cost; expense
    • 信用 しんよう Listen confidence; trust; faith
    • 運用 うんよう Listen making use of; application; practical use
    • 乗用車 じょうようしゃ Listen (passenger) car; automobile
    • 専用 せんよう Listen (one's) exclusive use; private use; personal use

  • Four-character idioms with 用

    • 利用価値 りようかち Listen utility value
    • 他言無用 たごんむよう Listen not a word to anyone; keep it secret; mum's the word
    • 同化作用 どうかさよう Listen assimilation; metabolism; anabolism
    • 問答無用 もんどうむよう Listen there being no use in arguing (about it); not up for discussion
    • 器用貧乏 きようびんぼう Listen jack of all trades, master of none
    • 天地無用 てんちむよう Listen do not turn upside down

  • Tattoo check: 用

    • Verified meaning: to use
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read たから, もち, もちい)
    • Also carries these associations: function, resources

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 用

    Surnames 用(たから)Listen 用(もち)Listen 用(もちい)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    utilize; business; service; use; employ

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    use, employ, apply, operate; use

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using; to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions); usefulness; utility; (bound form) expense; outlay; (courteous) to eat; to drink; (literary) hence; therefore

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to use, to employ, to apply; use

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The counterpart of 體 (substance). The inherent capacity of things is called 體. Its manifestation in practice, developing into affairs, is called 用. Such as 作用 (function), 功用 (effect). | To employ. Such as saying 用人行政 (employing people for governance). | 财用 (financial use). Such as calling a country's finances 國用 (national expenditure). | 器用 (implements). Such as utensils also called 用具 (tools). | To employ for action is called 用. Such as 用心 (apply mind), 用力 (apply effort), 運用 (utilize), 動用 (mobilize). | A particle. Meaning "with" or "therefore." 是以 (therefore) can also be written as 是用. Also means "thereupon." The meaning of "at this." (Zuo Zhuan) "Our humble state therefore did not dare to gather for defense." Meaning "thereupon did not dare to gather for defense." | [Character Analysis] Originally written as 用. Upper left gap not connected. Characters like 甫 and 甬 are all the same.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    yoh(ヨウ) ヨウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    mochi.iru(もち-いる) もち-いる

  • Strokes

    tip

    5 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    用 (mochiiru)

  • Related Keywords

    to use function resources by means of job necessary task toilet work need employ apply usage utility benefit purpose requirement objective

Sentences including 用

  • What do you want?

  • Students have access to the library.

  • You ought to have adopted his plan.

  • This water is good to drink.

  • You should take advantage of this opportunity.

  • He used every chance to practice english.

  • No one will trust his story.

  • He makes good use of his time.

  • Are you ready for dinner?

  • He took advantage of every opportunity he had.

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