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用 means 'to use'

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Strokes : 5    Radical number: 101    Frequency: 83   JLPT: N4    Usefulness: 2    Study set: 2-3    Grade: 2   Intermediate lesson: 7    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 87 words   Used in 1000 words   Used in 591 names   Component in 145 kanji (21 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ヨウ
Kun
   もちいる to use
Additional readings
Name    たから
Variants
⽤   𠂡 (not in most fonts)  
Notes
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 用 is used 54 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 用 is used 966 times, read 2 ways.
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ヨウ : 959 words FIND ALL
よ う い 1
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
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もちいる : 7 words FIND ALL
も ち い る 3 も ち い る 0
Most common form: もちいる
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
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An additional 31 less common words include 用 but the readings have not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 235 (originally: 215)  Joy o' Kanji : 215  Key to Kanji: 1039 

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用
ヨウ   もちいる to use   
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