用 — how to write the kanji for “utilize”
用 means “utilize”, “business” and “service”; it is a JLPT N4 kanji, taught in second grade in Japan. In newspapers it is the 107th most used kanji. KanjiVG finds it inside 54 other kanji, 通 (“traffic”) among them. On its own it is the word you, “business; task”. Its common words take the reading you: 使用 (“use”), 利用 (“use”), 採用 (“use”) and 費用 (“cost”). Chinese reads it yòng, “to use”, at HSK 3.
- Strokes
- 5
- JLPT
- N4
- Radical
- 用 (“utilize”)
- On
- ヨウ
- Kun
- もち·いる
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- Left-falling stroke ㇒top leftdownwards
- Horizontal-turn-hook ㇆top leftrightwards → downwards
- Horizontal ㇐leftrightwards
- Horizontal ㇐leftrightwards
- Vertical ㇑topdownwards
Japanese and Chinese
Japanese and Chinese draw all 5 strokes in the same order and direction, by our stroke-by-stroke comparison.
用 inside other kanji
KanjiVG count: 54 kanji.
Trace it
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Readings
- On (Chinese-derived)
- ヨウ you
- Kun (native)
- もち·いる mochi-iru
- Meanings
- utilize; business; service; use; employ
- Read you
- 使用 利用 採用 費用 雇用 信用
- School year
- second grade
- Newspaper rank
- 107th of 2,500 (KANJIDIC2)
- Korean hanja
- 용 yong
- Common words
- 84 in JMdict
Words with 用
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 使用 | しよう shiyou | use; application |
| 利用 | りよう riyou | use; utilization |
| 採用 | さいよう saiyou | use; adoption |
| 費用 | ひよう hiyou | cost; expense |
| 雇用 | こよう koyou | employment; hire |
| 信用 | しんよう shin'you | confidence; trust |
| 運用 | うんよう un'you | making use of; application |
| 乗用車 | じょうようしゃ jouyousha | (passenger) car; automobile |
| 専用 | せんよう sen'you | (one's) exclusive use; private use |
| 適用 | てきよう tekiyou | application |
Most common first (JMdict).
Practice sheet
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JLPT N4, in list order: