用
See also: 甩
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Han character
用 (Kangxi radical 101, 用+0, 5 strokes, cangjie input 月手 (BQ), four-corner 77220, composition ⿵⺆𰀁 or ⿻丨月)
- Kangxi radical #101, ⽤.
Derived characters
References
- KangXi: page 755, character 24
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21703
- Dae Jaweon: page 1166, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 97, character 5
- Unihan data for U+7528
Chinese
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Characters in the same phonetic series (用) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *z(j)um ~ *zuŋ, provisionally set up by STEDT. Cognates to 傭 (OC loŋ) and 庸 (OC loŋ), outside Sinitic, Southern Bai zv³¹ (“to use”) Burmese သုံး (sum:, “to use”), Ersu zi⁵⁵ (“to use”), Sichuan Yi ꌬ (ssi, “to use”), Pa'o Karen [script needed] (sūŋ, “to use”).
Sun (1999) and Schuessler (2007) consider this word a cognate to Tibetan ལོངས (longs, “use”)
Pronunciation
Definitions
用
- to use; to employ; to operate
- use; utility; usefulness
- (honorific) to eat; to drink
- expenses; outlay
- with; by; using
- (chiefly used in the negative or interrogative) to need
- (literary) therefore
- (obsolete) because of; due to; because
- 子曰：「伯夷叔齊，不念舊惡，怨是用希。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Zǐyuē: “Bóyí Shūqí, bùniànjiù'è, yuàn shìyòng xī.” [Pinyin]
- The Master said, "Bo Yi and Shu Qi did not keep the former wickednesses of men in mind, and hence (i.e. "because of this") the resentments directed towards them were few."
子曰：“伯夷叔齐，不念旧恶，怨是用希。” [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- a surname
Synonyms
- (to use):
Synonyms of 用
Dialectal synonyms of 用 (“to use”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 用, 使用 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 使, 用 |
| Jinan | 使, 用 | |
| Xi'an | 使喚／使唤 | |
| Wuhan | 用 | |
| Chengdu | 用, 使 | |
| Guilin | 用 | |
| Yangzhou | 用 | |
| Hefei | 使, 用 | |
| Malaysia | 用 | |
| Singapore | 用 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 用, 使 |
| Hong Kong | 用, 使 | |
| Yangjiang | 使 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 用 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 用 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 用 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 使喚／使唤, 用 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 使 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 使 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 用 |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 用 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 用 | |
| Chaozhou | 用, 使 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 用 | |
| Wu | Suzhou | 用 |
| Wenzhou | 用 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 用 |
| Shuangfeng | 用 | |
Dialectal synonyms of 用 (“with; by; using”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 用, 拿 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 拿, 用 |
| Jinan | 用, 拿 | |
| Xi'an | 用, 拿 | |
| Wuhan | 用, 架, 拿 | |
| Chengdu | 拿, 使 | |
| Yangzhou | 拿, 用 | |
| Hefei | 用, 拿 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 用, 攞／𫽋 |
| Hong Kong | 用, 攞／𫽋 | |
| Yangjiang | 用, 捰 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 用, 拿 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 用 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 拿, 用 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 使 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 使, 獲／获 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 用 |
| Jinjiang | 用 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 用 | |
| Chaozhou | 用 | |
| Wu | Suzhou | 拿, 用 |
| Wenzhou | 用, 𧵊 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 用, 拿 |
| Shuangfeng | 用 | |
Compounds
Derived terms from 用
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Descendants
Others:
References
- “用”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學／香港中文大学 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02627
Japanese
Readings
Usage notes
Formerly used as man'yōgana for the back-vowel variant (甲類) of よ, romanized as yo1.
Noun
用 • (yō)
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 用 (MC jɨoŋH). Recorded as Middle Korean 용 (yong) (Yale: yong) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [jo(ː)ŋ]
- Phonetic hangul: [용(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Compounds
Compounds
- 용달 (用達, yongdal)
- 용도 (用途, yongdo)
- 용돈 (用돈, yongdon)
- 용량 (用量, yongnyang)
- 용례 (用例, yongnye)
- 용무 (用務, yongmu)
- 용법 (用法, yongbeop)
- 용변 (用便, yongbyeon)
- 용병 (用兵, yongbyeong)
- 용수 (用水, yongsu)
- 용어 (用語, yong'eo)
- 용언 (用言, yong'eon)
- 용역 (用役, yong'yeok)
- 용의 (用意, yong'ui)
- 용인 (用人, yong'in)
- 용지 (用紙, yongji)
- 도용 (盜用, doyong)
- 무용 (無用, muyong)
- 사용 (使用, sayong)
- 선용 (善用, seonyong)
- 악용 (惡用, agyong)
- 오용 (誤用, oyong)
- 유용 (有用, yuyong)
- 유용 (流用, yuyong)
- 이용 (利用, iyong)
- 차용 (借用, chayong)
- 활용 (活用, hwaryong)
Vietnamese
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