yòng
use
Original meaning:
bucket
Depicts a bucket with a handle on the right side. Based on the original meaning "bucket". The current meaning "use" is a phonetic loan.
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yòng
use, employ, apply, operate; use; to use; to employ; to have to; to eat or drink; expense or outlay; usefulness; hence; therefore
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*loŋ-s | yowngH | yòng | use (v.) |
HSK level 1
Appears in 99.6636% of movies
99th most common character in movies
51st most common character in books
Strokes | 5 |
Unicode | U+7528 |
Shuowen | “用,可施行也。从卜,从中。衛宏說。,古文用。” |
季旭昇《說文新證》p.253-254