Dong Chinese dictionary

yōng

usual

Components

广 Unknown component

yǎn, guǎng

roof

彐 Unknown component

jì

snout

用 Sound component

yòng

use

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

yōng

usual, common, ordinary, mediocre; ordinary; to use

Most common words with 庸

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	平庸	mediocre
	庸俗	vulgar
	庸	ordinary
	金庸	Jin Yong, pen name of Louis Cha (1924-2018), wuxia 武俠\|武侠[wǔxiá] novelist, author of the 1957-1961 Condor Trilogy
	中庸	ordinary

Component uses

Sound component in 6 characters (0 verified)

Sources