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用
用
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Han character
用 (radical 101 用+0, 5 strokes, cangjie input 月手 (BQ), four-corner 77220)
- Kangxi radical #101, ⽤ (“use”).
References
- KangXi: page 755, character 24
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21703
- Dae Jaweon: page 1166, character 1
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 97, character 5
- Unihan data for U+7528
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
用 | |
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Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 用
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| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (用) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 通 | *l̥ʰoːŋ |
| 俑 | *l̥ʰoːŋ, *loŋʔ |
| 蓪 | *l̥ʰoːŋ |
| 桶 | *l̥ʰoːŋʔ, *l'oːŋʔ |
| 捅 | *l̥ʰoːŋʔ |
| 痛 | *l̥ʰoːŋs |
| 筩 | *l'oːŋ |
| 誦 | *ljoŋs |
| 傭 | *l̥ʰoŋ, *loŋ |
| 慵 | *ɦljoŋ |
| 鱅 | *ɦljoŋ, *loŋ |
| 滽 | *loŋ |
| 墉 | *loŋ |
| 鏞 | *loŋ |
| 鄘 | *loŋ |
| 槦 | *loŋ |
| 銿 | *loŋ |
| 甬 | *loŋʔ |
| 勇 | *loŋʔ |
| 涌 | *loŋʔ |
| 踊 | *loŋʔ |
| 蛹 | *loŋʔ |
| 恿 | *loŋʔ |
| 慂 | *loŋʔ |
| 悀 | *loŋʔ |
| 埇 | *loŋʔ |
| 踴 | *loŋʔ |
| 庸 | *loŋ |
| 用 | *loŋs |
| 佣 | *loŋs |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jung6
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yung
- Min Dong (BUC): ê̤ṳng
- Min Nan
- Wu (Wiktionary): hhion (T3)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˋ
- Wade-Giles: yung4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yonq
- IPA (key): /i̯ʊŋ⁵¹/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: jung6
- Yale: yuhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: jung6
- IPA (key): /jʊŋ²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yung
- Hakka Romanization System: iung
- Hagfa Pinyim: yung4
- IPA: /i̯uŋ⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yung
- Hakka Romanization System: (r)iung
- Hagfa Pinyim: yung4
- IPA: /(j)i̯uŋ⁵⁵/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: ê̤ṳng
- IPA (key): /øyŋ²⁴²/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ēng / iōng
- Tâi-lô: īng / iōng
- Phofsit Daibuun: eng, iong
- IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ²²/, /iɔŋ²²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ⁴¹/, /iɔŋ⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪŋ²²/, /iɔŋ²²/
- IPA (Taipei): /iɪŋ³³/, /iɔŋ³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ³³/, /iɔŋ³³/
- Note: ēng - vernacular; iōng - literary.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: êng7
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ēng
- IPA (key): /eŋ¹¹/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: hhion (T3)
- IPA (key): /ɦi̯ʊŋ²³/
- (Shanghainese)
- Dialectal data▼
| Variety | Location | 用 |
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| Mandarin | Beijing | /yŋ⁵¹/ |
| Harbin | /yŋ⁵³/ | |
| Tianjin |
/ʐuŋ⁵³/ /yŋ⁵³/ |
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| Jinan | /yŋ²¹/ | |
| Qingdao | /iŋ⁴²/ | |
| Zhengzhou | /yuŋ³¹²/ | |
| Xi'an | /yŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Xining | /yə̃²¹³/ | |
| Yinchuan | /yŋ¹³/ | |
| Lanzhou | /ỹn¹³/ | |
| Ürümqi | /yŋ²¹³/ | |
| Wuhan | /ioŋ³⁵/ | |
| Chengdu | /yoŋ¹³/ | |
| Guiyang | /ioŋ²¹³/ | |
| Kunming | /ioŋ¹/ | |
| Nanjing | /ioŋ⁴⁴/ | |
| Hefei | /iŋ⁵³/ | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /yəŋ⁴⁵/ |
| Pingyao | /yŋ³⁵/ | |
| Hohhot | /ỹŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ɦioŋ²³/ |
| Suzhou | /ioŋ⁵¹³/ | |
| Hangzhou | /ɦioŋ¹³/ | |
| Wenzhou | /jyɔ²²/ | |
| Hui | Shexian | /yʌ̃²²/ |
| Tunxi | /in¹¹/ | |
| Xiang | Changsha |
/ioŋ⁵⁵/ /ioŋ¹¹/ |
| Xiangtan | /in²¹/ | |
| Gan | Nanchang | /iuŋ²¹/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /iuŋ⁵³/ |
| Taoyuan | /ʒuŋ⁵⁵/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /joŋ²²/ |
| Nanning | /juŋ²²/ | |
| Hong Kong | /juŋ²²/ | |
| Min | Xiamen (Min Nan) |
/iɔŋ²²/ /iŋ²²/ |
| Fuzhou (Min Dong) | /øyŋ²⁴²/ | |
| Jian'ou (Min Bei) | /œyŋ³³/ | |
| Shantou (Min Nan) | /eŋ³¹/ | |
| Haikou (Min Nan) | /zoŋ³³/ |
| Rime | |
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| Character | 用 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 鍾 (7) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 余頌切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/jɨoŋH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/jioŋH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ioŋH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/juawŋH/ |
| Li Rong |
/ioŋH/ |
| Wang Li |
/jĭwoŋH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/i̯woŋH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
yòng |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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| Character | 用 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
yòng |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ yowngH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*loŋ-s/ |
| English | use (v.) |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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| Character | 用 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 15460 |
| Phonetic component |
用 |
| Rime group |
東 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
用 |
| Old Chinese |
/*loŋs/ |
Definitions
用
- to use; to employ; to operate
- use; utility; usefulness
- (honorific) to eat; to drink
- expenses; outlay
- with; by; using
- 用叉子吃東西 / 用叉子吃东西 ― yòng chāzi chī dōngxi ― to eat with a fork
- 我用筷子吃飯。 / 我用筷子吃饭。 ― Wǒ yòng kuàizǐ chīfàn. ― I eat food with chopsticks.
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- 我用濕抹布擦桌子。 [MSC, trad.]
- 我用湿抹布擦桌子。 [MSC, simp.]
- Wǒ yòng shī mǒbù cā zhuōzǐ. [Pinyin]
- I wash the table with a wet cloth.
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- 我老闆用姓稱呼我。 [MSC, trad.]
- 我老板用姓称呼我。 [MSC, simp.]
- Wǒ lǎopǎn yòng xìng chēnghū wǒ. [Pinyin]
- My boss calls me by my last name.
Compounds
Derived terms from 用
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Japanese
Kanji
用
Readings
- Goon: ゆう (yū)
- Kan’on: よう (yō)
- Kun: もちいる (mochii-ru), from もちゐる (mochiwi-ru), はたらき (hataraki), もって (motte)
References
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- Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.
Usage notes
- Formerly used as man'yōgana for the back-vowel variant (甲類) of よ (yo).
Noun
- use (noun)
- ご用はありませんか。
- Go-yō wa arimasen ka.
- Can I do anything for you?; Can/may I help you?
- ご用はありませんか。