Kanji 用

音読おんよみ: ヨウ

訓読くんよみ: もちいる

画数かくすう: 5

部首ぶしゅ: Self

Meaning

To use / Usage / Purpose

  • Basic forms
  • 用いる — to use; to employ / base form
  • 用います — (I) use; employ / masu form
  • 用いた — used; employed / ta form
  • 用いて — use and …; by using … / te-form
  • 用いない — do not use / negative form
  • 用いれば — if (you) use / conditional
  • 用いろ・用いなさい — use it! / imperative
  • Other common forms
  • 用いたい — want to use; wish to employ / 〜たい form
  • 用いられる — can be used; be employed / potential / passive
  • 用いられた — was used; was employed / past passive
  • 用いられない — cannot be used; is not used / negative potential/passive
  • More
  • 用いよう — let’s use; let’s employ / 〜よう form
  • 用いなかった — did not use / past negative
  • 用いている — is using; is employing / progressive

用いる(もちいる) is an ichidan (る-verb). Drop る and add endings like ます, た, て, ない. Often used in slightly formal or written contexts, similar in meaning to 使う.

    • 使用しよう — usage
    • 用事ようじ — errand, business
    • 用語ようご — terminology
    • 用意ようい — preparation
    • 利用りよう — utilization
    • 作用さよう — action, effect

The character 用 originally represented a wooden rack or frame — something structured and useful. It came to mean “to use,” and by extension, “utility” and “purpose” in both daily life and technical terms.

この言葉ことばは よくもちいられます。
This word is often used.

明日あした用事ようじあります
I have errands tomorrow.

事
Creates
用事ようじ — errand, business
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