用 Kanji – utilize
The Japanese kanji 用 can mean utilize, business, service, use, employ.
Meaning and Readings
How is 用 read?
用 has the onyomi reading ヨウ and the kunyomi reading もちいる.
In romaji, these readings can be written as you, mochiiru.
Common Japanese Words Using 用
These common Japanese words contain 用. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 愛用（あいよう） — favorite, favourite, habitually used
- 悪用（あくよう） — abuse, misuse, perversion
- 引用（いんよう） — quotation, citation, reference
- 運用（うんよう） — making use of, application, practical use, effective management (e.g. of funds)
- 応用（おうよう） — (practical) application, putting to practical use
- 画用紙（がようし） — drawing paper
- 活用（かつよう） — practical use, application, making good use of, putting to good use, capitalizing on
- 慣用句（かんようく） — idiom, set phrase, idiomatic phrase
- 器用（きよう） — skillful, skilful, adroit, dexterous, dextrous, deft, nimble, handy
- 起用（きよう） — appointment (to a position, job, etc.), being used for a role, promotion