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KanjiN4Grade 2 · 小25 strokesRadical 用#107 in newspapers

用 · utilize, business

用 is a kanji meaning utilize, business, service, use. It has 5 strokes and is on the JLPT N4 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

  • ヨウyō

Kun'yomi · Japanese

  • もちいるmochiiru

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Words that use 用 · 34 in our JLPT lists

Words that use 用
WordReadingMeaningLevel
利用りようuse, utilizationN4
用事ようじbusiness to take care of; tasks; errandsN4
用ようerrand, task, business (to take care of)N4
用意よういpreparationN4
使用しようuse (same as 使うこと (つかうこと)), application, employment, utilizationN3
信用しんようconfidence, dependenceN3
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More words that use 用
WordReadingMeaningLevel
引用いんようquotation, citationN3
活用かつようconjugation; practical useN3
器用きようskillful, handyN3
用いるもちいるto use, to make use ofN3
用心ようじんcare, precaution, cautionN3
適用てきようapplyingN3
費用ひようcost, expenseN3
私用しようpersonal use, private businessN3
応用おうようapplication, put to practical useN2
実用じつようpractical use, utilityN2
通用つうようpopular use, circulationN2
日用品にちようひんdaily necessitiesN2
用語ようごterm, terminologyN2
用途ようとuse, usefulnessN2
兼用けんようmulti-use, combined useN1
公用こうようgovernment business, public use, public expenseN1
採用さいようuse, adoptN1
作用さようoperation, effect, functionN1
運用うんようmaking use of, application, practical useN1
使用人しようにんemployee, servantN1
専用せんようexclusive use, personal useN1
代用だいようsubstitutionN1
無用むようuseless, needlessness, unnecessarinessN1
用件ようけんbusinessN1
用紙ようしa formN1
用品ようひんarticles, supplies, partsN1
用法ようほうdirections, rules of useN1
濫用らんようabuse, misuse, using to excessN1

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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