用
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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
- HSK 3.0
- Level 1
- Old HSK
- Level 3
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 用 itself
- Structure
- Top enclosure 上包
- Traditional
- 用
- Common rank
- #140
- Unicode
- U+7528
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How 用 is formed
Components 冂
? unknown part
How to remember it
utilize · Heisig RSH #1361
— as a component also called: rack
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 用
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不用 | need not | |
| 有用 | useful | |
| 不中用 | unfit for anything; no good; useless; (of a sick person) beyond hope | |
| 一心多用 | to multitask | |
| 中体西用 | adopting Western knowledge for its practical uses while keeping Chinese values as the core | |
| 大用 | to put sb in powerful position; to empower | |
| 用人 | servant; to employ sb for a job; to manage people; to be in need of staff | |
| 家用电器 | domestic electric appliance | |
| 中用 | useful; helpful; Taiwan pr. [zhong4 yong4] | |
| 一心二用 | to do two things at once (idiom); to multitask; to divide one's attention | |
| 用心 | motive; intention; to be diligent or attentive; careful | |
| 语用学 | pragmatics | |
| 无用 | useless; worthless | |
| 心无二用 | one cannot concentrate on two things at the same time | |
| 通用电气 | General Electric (GE) | |
| 自用 | to have (sth) for one's own use; (literary) to be opinionated | |
| 家用 | home-use; domestic; family expenses; housekeeping money | |
| 用家 | (HK) user | |
| 动用 | to utilize; to put sth to use | |
| 化用 | to adapt (an idea etc) |
Sound family
These characters use 用 as their sound component — compare how they read.