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用 もち.いる utilize, business, service, use, employ 4 107 5 101 もちいる・よう 象形 Pictographic To tenderize meat in an emergency wilderness situation, just utilize your walking stick!

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ヨウ たから 雇用(こよう): employment (long term); hire採用(さいよう): (1) use; adoption; acceptance (2) appointment; employment; engagement使用(しよう): use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation費用(ひよう): cost; expense利用(りよう): use; utilization; utilisation; application運用(うんよう): (1) making use of; application; practical use; investment (2) operation信用(しんよう): confidence; dependence; credit; faith; reliance; belief; credence適用(てきよう): applying (e.g. a technology); adoption専用(せんよう): (1) exclusive use; personal use; dedicated (2) private (e.g. network)用意(ようい): preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)活用(かつよう): (1) practical use; application (2) conjugation; declension; inflection実用(じつよう): practical use; utility用語(ようご): (1) term; terminology (2) wording; choice of words; phraseology用紙(ようし): (1) blank form (2) sheets of paper; sheet of paper応用(おうよう): application; put to practical use作用(さよう): action; operation; effect; function用途(ようと): use; usefulness; utility; service; purpose乱用(らんよう): abuse; misuse; misappropriation; using to excess無用(むよう): useless; futility; needlessness; unnecessariness引用(いんよう): quotation; citation; reference代用(だいよう): substitution日用品(にちようひん): daily necessities用いる(もちいる): to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise用品(ようひん): articles; supplies; parts用事(ようじ): tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement公用(こうよう): (1) government business; official business (2) public; official; governmental用心(ようじん): care; precaution; guarding; caution使用人(しようにん): employee; servant用件(ようけん): business; thing to be done; something that should be perfomed; information that should be conveyed通用(つうよう): (1) popular use; circulation (2) to pass as私用(しよう): (1) personal use (2) private business器用(きよう): skillful; skilful; handy用(よう): (1) task; business (2) use; duty; service (3) call of nature; excretion兼用(けんよう): multi-use; combined use; combination; serving two purposes用法(ようほう): directions; rules of use 2 用: use (radical no. 101) 用 5 (none) utilize I´ll confuse this with use (#990), so build a distinction right from the start. For me, "utilize" has an artificial, business-speak connotation; you only utilize "utilize" when you´re trying to puff up what you´re saying and sound important. So: "BioTools Inc introduces the FG2000 screwdriver, utilizing the our latest FleshGrip(tm) technology!" I´m seeing this as a picture of a stubby screwdriver with a handle made of flesh, a short shaft, and prongs to hold a screw in place until you drive it.

Kanji	用
Onyomi	ヨウ
Kunyomi	もち.いる
Nanori	たから
English	utilize, business, service, use, employ
Examples	雇用(こよう): employment (long term); hire 採用(さいよう): (1) use; adoption; acceptance (2) appointment; employment; engagement 使用(しよう): use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation 費用(ひよう): cost; expense 利用(りよう): use; utilization; utilisation; application 運用(うんよう): (1) making use of; application; practical use; investment (2) operation 信用(しんよう): confidence; dependence; credit; faith; reliance; belief; credence 適用(てきよう): applying (e.g. a technology); adoption 専用(せんよう): (1) exclusive use; personal use; dedicated (2) private (e.g. network) 用意(ようい): preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal) 活用(かつよう): (1) practical use; application (2) conjugation; declension; inflection 実用(じつよう): practical use; utility 用語(ようご): (1) term; terminology (2) wording; choice of words; phraseology 用紙(ようし): (1) blank form (2) sheets of paper; sheet of paper 応用(おうよう): application; put to practical use 作用(さよう): action; operation; effect; function 用途(ようと): use; usefulness; utility; service; purpose 乱用(らんよう): abuse; misuse; misappropriation; using to excess 無用(むよう): useless; futility; needlessness; unnecessariness 引用(いんよう): quotation; citation; reference 代用(だいよう): substitution 日用品(にちようひん): daily necessities 用いる(もちいる): to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise 用品(ようひん): articles; supplies; parts 用事(ようじ): tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement 公用(こうよう): (1) government business; official business (2) public; official; governmental 用心(ようじん): care; precaution; guarding; caution 使用人(しようにん): employee; servant 用件(ようけん): business; thing to be done; something that should be perfomed; information that should be conveyed 通用(つうよう): (1) popular use; circulation (2) to pass as 私用(しよう): (1) personal use (2) private business 器用(きよう): skillful; skilful; handy 用(よう): (1) task; business (2) use; duty; service (3) call of nature; excretion 兼用(けんよう): multi-use; combined use; combination; serving two purposes 用法(ようほう): directions; rules of use
JLPT Level	4
Jouyou Grade	2
Frequency	107
Components	用: use (radical no. 101)
Number of Strokes	5
Kanji Radical	用
Radical Number	101
Radical Strokes	5
Radical Reading	もちいる・よう
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	象形 Pictographic
Keyword	utilize
Koohii Story 1	To tenderize meat in an emergency wilderness situation, just utilize your walking stick!
Koohii Story 2	I´ll confuse this with use (#990), so build a distinction right from the start. For me, "utilize" has an artificial, business-speak connotation; you only utilize "utilize" when you´re trying to puff up what you´re saying and sound important. So: "BioTools Inc introduces the FG2000 screwdriver, utilizing the our latest FleshGrip(tm) technology!" I´m seeing this as a picture of a stubby screwdriver with a handle made of flesh, a short shaft, and prongs to hold a screw in place until you drive it.

Practical Business Application E.G Utilize 用 Employment Engagement