Kanji 用

音読おんよみ: ヨウ

訓読くんよみ: もちいる

画数かくすう: 5 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 用(もちいる / to use)

Meaning

To use, usage, purpose.


  • もちいる — to use
  • 使用しよう — usage
  • 用事ようじ — errand, business
  • 用語ようご — terminology
  • 用意ようい — preparation
  • 利用りよう — utilization

The character 用 originally represented a wooden rack or frame — something structured and useful. It came to mean “to use,” and by extension, “utility” and “purpose” in both daily life and technical terms.

この言葉ことばは よくもちいられます。
This word is often used.

明日あした用事ようじあります
I have errands tomorrow.

🎧 Practice the native Japanese pronunciation of 用.

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