Kanji 用: "utilize, business, service"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 用

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 用よう意いpreparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready
• 用ようbusiness; task; errand; engagement · use; purpose
• 利り用ようuse; utilization; utilisation; application
• 信しん用ようconfidence; trust; faith; reputation · credit
• 使し用ようuse; application; employment; utilization
• 用よう事じbusiness; things to do; engagement; errand
• 用もちいるto use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
• 器き用ようskillful; skilful; adroit; dexterous · clever; shrewd; ingenious
• 通つう用よう(common) use (of a language, currency, etc.); current use; circulation; currency · to be accepted (e.g. of a way of thinking); to work (of an excuse, trick, etc.); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to apply
• 専せん用よう(one's) exclusive use; private use; personal use · dedicated use; use for a particular purpose
• 用よう件けんbusiness; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
• 無む用ようuseless; futile · unnecessary; needless

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