A kanji
用
utilize, business, service, use, employ
- 5 strokes
- Taught in grade 2 (kyōiku kanji)
- No. 107 of 2,500 in newspapers
On'yomi
ヨウ
Kun'yomi
もち.いる
A dot marks where the okurigana begin.
Stroke order
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Shapes inside it
The shapes EDRDG's KRADFILE lists 用 as containing. It is a lookup aid for finding a kanji by its parts: it says what the character contains, not where it comes from, and a shape need not be a kanji.
Written with 用 34 words
Grouped by JLPT level, easiest first, and oldest first within a level.
JLPT N4 · 4 words
JLPT N3 · 10 words
- 用いるもちいるto use, to make use of
- 使用しようuse (same as 使うこと (つかうこと)), application, employment, utilization
- 信用しんようconfidence, dependence
- 引用いんようquotation, citation
- 活用かつようconjugation; practical use
- 器用きようskillful, handy
- 用心ようじんcare, precaution, caution
- 適用てきようapplying
- 費用ひようcost, expense
- 私用しようpersonal use, private business
JLPT N2 · 6 words
JLPT N1 · 14 words
- 使用人しようにんemployee, servant
- 無用むようuseless, needlessness, unnecessariness
- 兼用けんようmulti-use, combined use
- 公用こうようgovernment business, public use, public expense
- 採用さいようuse, adopt
- 作用さようoperation, effect, function
- 運用うんようmaking use of, application, practical use
- 専用せんようexclusive use, personal use
- 代用だいようsubstitution
- 用件ようけんbusiness
- 用紙ようしa form
- 用品ようひんarticles, supplies, parts
- 用法ようほうdirections, rules of use
- 濫用らんようabuse, misuse, using to excess
Some of these words show it as a part of their “Taken apart” row: see the words taken apart with 用.
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