用 (yòng) — Chinese Character

用

yòng

to use; to employ; to have to; to eat or drink; expense or outlay; usefulness; hence; therefore

Radical: 用 HSK 1 v, p, g

Components & Etymology

用 decomposes into the following components:

冂

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 用.

不用

bù yòng

need not

专用

zhuān yòng

special

两用

liǎng yòng

dual-use

中用

zhōng yòng

举用

jǔ yòng

to select the best (for a job)

习用

xí yòng

to use habitually

享用

xiǎng yòng

to enjoy the use of

他用

tā yòng

任用

rèn yòng

to appoint

作用

zuò yòng

to act on

使用

shǐ yòng

to use

信用

xìn yòng

to trust

Characters that share the radical 用.

Practice this character with stroke-order training, spaced repetition, and reading passages across all HSK levels.