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用

Grade Level: 2
JLPT Level: 3

Frequency: 107

Bushu (Radical) Info:
用 (もちいる)
use

Henshall Mnemonic:
use fence

Stroke Order Diagram (SOD): 5 Strokes

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On-Yomi Reading(s): ヨウ	Kun-Yomi Reading(s): もち.いるたから	English Meaning(s): utilize business service use employ
Popular words and/or phrases using this kanji: Click any individual kanji to view it in a new window. Click the [K] after each definition to look up that character at WWWJDIC; Click the [D] to look up that word in WWWJDIC (the definition is the same but other features exist, like sample usage, variations of the word, etc.) 愛用 [あいよう] (adj-no,n,vs) favorite; habitual use [K] [D] 悪用 [あくよう] (n,vs) abuse; misuse; perversion [K] [D] 引用 [いんよう] (n) quotation; citation [K] [D] 運用 [うんよう] (n,vs) making use of; application; investment; practical use [K] [D] 応用 [おうよう] (n,vs) application; put to practical use [K] [D] 画用紙 [がようし] (n) drawing paper [K] [D] 活用 [かつよう] (n,vs) conjugation; practical use [K] [D] 慣用句 [かんようく] (n) idiomatic usage; common usage [K] [D] 器用 [きよう] (adj-na,n) skillful; handy [K] [D] 起用 [きよう] (n) appointment; promotion [K] [D] 急用 [きゅうよう] (n) urgent business [K] [D] 共用 [きょうよう] (n) communal; common use [K] [D] 軍用 [ぐんよう] (adj-no,n) for military use [K] [D] 原稿用紙 [げんこうようし] Japanese writing paper [K] [D] 雇用 [こよう] (n) employment (long term); hire [K] [D] 御用邸 [ごようてい] (n) imperial villa [K] [D] 公用 [こうよう] (n) government business; public use; public expense [K] [D] 効用 [こうよう] (n) use; utility; effect; benefit [K] [D] 採用 [さいよう] (n) use; adopt [K] [D] 作用 [さよう] (n) action; operation; effect; function [K] [D] 使用 [しよう] (n,vs) use; application; employment; utilization [K] [D] 使用済み [しようずみ] second-hand; no longer used [K] [D] 使用者 [しようしゃ] (n) (1) user; consumer; (2) employer [K] [D] 使用人 [しようにん] (n) employee; servant [K] [D] 使用料 [しようりょう] (n) rent; hire [K] [D] 私用 [しよう] (adj-no,n) personal use; private business [K] [D] 自家用 [じかよう] (n) for private or home use [K] [D] 実用 [じつよう] (n) practical use; utility [K] [D] 実用的 [じつようてき] (adj-na) practical [K] [D] 収用 [しゅうよう] (n,vs) expropriation [K] [D] 商用 [しょうよう] (n) on business; for business; business purpose [K] [D] 乗用車 [じょうようしゃ] (n) automobile [K] [D] 常用 [じょうよう] (n,vs) habitual use; daily use [K] [D] 常用漢字 [じょうようかんじ] (n) kanji for common use [K] [D] 食用 [しょくよう] (n) for use as food; edible [K] [D] 信用 [しんよう] (n,vs) confidence; dependence; credit; faith; reliance; belief; credence [K] [D] 信用金庫 [しんようきんこ] (n) credit union [K] [D] 信用組合 [しんようくみあい] (n) credit association [K] [D] 専用 [せんよう] (n,pref,suf) exclusive use; personal use [K] [D] 貸出用 [かしだしよう] (n) circulation or lending (e.g. library books) [K] [D] 代用 [だいよう] (n) substitution [K] [D] 着用 [ちゃくよう] (n,vs) have on; wearing [K] [D] 通用 [つうよう] (n,vs) popular use; circulation [K] [D] 適用 [てきよう] (n) applying [K] [D] 転用 [てんよう] (n,vs) diversion; putting something to another use [K] [D] 登用 [とうよう] (n,vs) appointment; assignment; promotion [K] [D] 盗用 [とうよう] (n,vs) embezzlement; fraudulent use; plagiarism [K] [D] 日用品 [にちようひん] (n) daily necessities [K] [D] 反作用 [はんさよう] (n) reaction [K] [D] 汎用 [はんよう] (n,vs) generic; general purpose; all-purpose [K] [D] 費用 [ひよう] (n) cost; expense [K] [D] 筆記用具 [ひっきようぐ] (n) copying equipment [K] [D] 不器用 [ぶきよう] (adj-na,n) awkward; clumsy; unskillfulness; lack of ability [K] [D] 不用意 [ふようい] (adj-na,n) unpreparedness; carelessness [K] [D] 副作用 [ふくさよう] (n) reaction; secondary effect [K] [D] 服用 [ふくよう] (n,vs) dosing [K] [D] 併用 [へいよう] (n,vs) using together (jointly); used at the same time [K] [D] 無用 [むよう] (adj-na,adj-no,n) useless; futility; needlessness; unnecessariness [K] [D] 有用 [ゆうよう] (adj-na,n) useful; helpful [K] [D] 用 [よう] (n,n-suf) task; business; use [K] [D] 用いる [もちいる] (v1) to use; to make use of [K] [D] 用意 [ようい] (n,vs) preparation [K] [D] 用具 [ようぐ] (n) tools; implements [K] [D] 用件 [ようけん] (n) business [K] [D] 用語 [ようご] (n) term; terminology [K] [D] 用紙 [ようし] (n) blank form [K] [D] 用事 [ようじ] (n) tasks; things to do [K] [D] 用心 [ようじん] (n,vs) care; precaution; guarding; caution [K] [D] 用心深い [ようじんぶかい] (adj) wary; watchful [K] [D] 用心棒 [ようじんぼう] (n) bodyguard [K] [D] 用水 [ようすい] (n) irrigation water; water for fire; city water; cistern water [K] [D] 用足し [ようたし] (n) (transaction of) business; purveyor; going to the washroom [K] [D] 用地 [ようち] (n) site [K] [D] 用途 [ようと] (n) use; usefulness [K] [D] 用品 [ようひん] (n) articles; supplies; parts [K] [D] 用例 [ようれい] (n) example; illustration [K] [D] 乱用 [らんよう] (n,vs) abuse [K] [D] 利用 [りよう] (n,vs) use; utilization; application [K] [D] 利用者 [りようしゃ] user [K] [D] 流用 [りゅうよう] (n) diversion; misappropriation [K] [D] 連用 [れんよう] (n) continuous use [K] [D]

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