yòng

to use; to employ; to have to

Character data

HSK 3
Frequency 51st character
Radical ⽤ (101.0)
Strokes 5
Index # 283

Definitions

用 yòng
  1. 1. to use
  2. 2. to employ
  3. 3. to have to
  4. 4. expense or outlay
  5. 5. to eat or drink
  6. 6. usefulness
  7. 7. therefore
  8. 8. hence

Stroke order

用 stroke order diagram
用 stroke order animation

Words containing 用

Word Meaning
Queen's Counsel
recycle; to use in cyclic order
recycle; to use in cyclic order
one cannot concentrate on two things at the same time
one cannot concentrate on two things at the same time
psychological effect
sex toy; adult product
to let emotions affect one's decisions
habitual; customary; to use habitually
dominant hand
dominant hand
commonly used phrase; colloquial usage; idiom
commonly used phrase; colloquial usage; idiom
(computing) app; application; to apply
application layer (computing)
application layer (computing)
application platform (computing)
application platform (computing)
applied mathematics
applied mathematics
practical writing; formal business texts
practical writing; official or business writing
applied physics
applied physics