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Kanji Information Sheet for 用  ( PDF version of this Kanji PDF version )

stroke order illustration  
English:
utilize
business
service
use
employ
On-Yomi:
ヨウ
Kun-Yomi:
もち.いる
たから
Bushu (Radical) Info: 用 (もちいる) – use
Henshall Mnemonic: use fence
Levels: JLPT N4 | JLPT 3 (old) | Grade 2
Frequency: #107 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N4 Words

  •   [よう]
    (n,n-suf) task; business; use   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [ようい]
    (n,vs) preparation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [ようじ]
    (n) tasks; things to do   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [りよう]
    (n,vs) use; utilization; application   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N3 Words

  •   [いんよう]
    (n) quotation; citation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [きよう]
    (adj-na,n) skillful; handy   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 使   [しよう]
    (n,vs) use; application; employment; utilization   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [かつよう]
    (n,vs) conjugation; practical use   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [てきよう]
    (n) applying   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • いる   [もちいる]
    (v1) to use; to make use of   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [ようじん]
    (n,vs) care; precaution; guarding; caution   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [ひよう]
    (n) cost; expense   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [しんよう]
    (n,vs) confidence; dependence; credit; faith; reliance; belief; credence   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

  •   [じつよう]
    (n) practical use; utility   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [おうよう]
    (n,vs) application; put to practical use   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [にちようひん]
    (n) daily necessities   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [ようご]
    (n) term; terminology   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [ようと]
    (n) use; usefulness   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [つうよう]
    (n,vs) popular use; circulation   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

  •   [こよう]
    (n) employment (long term); hire   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 使   [しようにん]
    (n) employee; servant   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [せんよう]
    (n,pref,suf) exclusive use; personal use   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [だいよう]
    (n) substitution   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [ようけん]
    (n) business   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [ようし]
    (n) blank form   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

  •   [ふようい]
    (adj-na,n) unpreparedness; carelessness   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [ふくよう]
    (n,vs) dosing   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [てんよう]
    (n,vs) diversion; putting something to another use   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [がようし]
    (n) drawing paper   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [はんよう]
    (n,vs) generic; general purpose; all-purpose   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [ゆうよう]
    (adj-na,n) useful; helpful   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 稿   [げんこうようし]
    Japanese writing paper   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [ちゃくよう]
    (n,vs) have on; wearing   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [しょうよう]
    (n) on business; for business; business purpose   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [ぶきよう]
    (adj-na,n) awkward; clumsy; unskillfulness; lack of ability   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 使み   [しようずみ]
    second-hand; no longer used   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [あくよう]
    (n,vs) abuse; misuse; perversion   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 使   [しようしゃ]
    (n) (1) user; consumer; (2) employer   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  • 使   [しようりょう]
    (n) rent; hire   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [はんさよう]
    (n) reaction   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [しょくよう]
    (n) for use as food; edible   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [あいよう]
    (adj-no,n,vs) favorite; habitual use   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [れんよう]
    (n) continuous use   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [ひっきようぐ]
    (n) copying equipment   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [きゅうよう]
    (n) urgent business   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [らんよう]
    (n,vs) abuse   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [へいよう]
    (n,vs) using together (jointly); used at the same time   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [じつようてき]
    (adj-na) practical   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [きよう]
    (n) appointment; promotion   [K] [D] [Jisho]
  •   [ふくさよう]
    (n) reaction; secondary effect   [K] [D] [Jisho]
Find more details for at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.