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用

Kanji meanings and readings

用

N4

utilize; business; service; use; employ

On reading
ヨウ
Kun reading
もち.いる
Radical
用
Illustration of 代用
N1

だいよう

substitution

Illustration of 作用
N1

さよう

action; operation; effect; function

Illustration of 使用
N3

しよう

use; application; employment; utilization

Illustration of 使用人
N1

しようにん

employee; servant

Illustration of 信用
N3

しんよう

confidence; dependence; credit; faith

Illustration of 公用
N1

こうよう

government business; public use; public expense

Illustration of 兼用
N1

けんよう

multi-use; combined use; combination; serving two purposes

Illustration of 利用
N4

りよう

utilization

Illustration of 器用
N3

きよう

skillful; handy

Illustration of 実用
N2

じつよう

practical use; utility

Illustration of 専用
N1

せんよう

exclusive use; personal use

Illustration of 引用
N3

いんよう

quotation; citation

Illustration of 応用
N2

おうよう

application; put to practical use

Illustration of 慣用
N1

かんよう

common; customary

Illustration of 採用
N1

さいよう

use; adopt

Illustration of 日用品
N2

にちようひん

daily necessities

Illustration of 活用
N3

かつよう

conjugation; practical use

Illustration of 濫用
N1

らんよう

abuse; misuse; misappropriation; using to excess

Illustration of 無用
N1

むよう

useless; futility; needlessness; unnecessariness

Illustration of 用

用

N4

よう

use

Illustration of 用いる
N3

もちいる

to use; to make use of

Illustration of 用事
N4

ようじ

things to do

Illustration of 用件
N1

ようけん

business

Illustration of 用品
N1

ようひん

articles; supplies; parts

Illustration of 用心
N3

ようじん

care; precaution; guarding; caution