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用 — to use; to make use of; to employ

to use; to make use of; to employ; with; using

Pinyin
yòng
Strokes
5
HSK level
HSK 3
Handwriting
required

How to write 用: 5 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.

用 — 5 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 用 in the HSK syllabus: 55

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 不用búyòngneed notHSK 3
  2. 常用cháng yòngin common usageHSK 3
  3. 信用卡xìnyòngkǎcredit cardHSK 3
  4. 用yòngto use; to make use of; to employ; with; usingHSK 3
  5. 有用yǒuyòngusefulHSK 3
  6. 费用fèiyongcost; expenditure; expenseHSK 4
  7. 使用shǐyòngto use; to employ; to apply; to make use ofHSK 4
  8. 用来yòngláito be used forHSK 4
  9. 用于yòngyúto use in; to use on; to use forHSK 4
  10. 作用zuòyòngto act on; to affect; action; function; activityHSK 4
  11. 采用cǎiyòngto adopt; to employ; to useHSK 5
  12. 利用lìyòngto exploit; to make use of; to useHSK 5
  13. 日用品rìyòngpǐnarticles for daily useHSK 5
  14. 实用shíyòngto apply in practiceHSK 5
  15. 食用shíyòngto eat; to consume; edibleHSK 5
  16. 试用shìyòngto try sth out; to be on probationHSK 5
  17. 适用shìyòngto be applicableHSK 5
  18. 信用xìnyòngtrustworthiness; credit; to trust and appointHSK 5
  19. 应用yìngyòngto put to use; to apply; practical; appliedHSK 5
  20. 用法yòngfǎusageHSK 5
  21. 用户yònghùuser; consumer; subscriber; customerHSK 5
  22. 用力yònglìto exert oneself physicallyHSK 5
  23. 用品yòngpǐnarticles for use; products; goodsHSK 5
  24. 用途yòngtúuse; applicationHSK 5
  25. 运用yùnyòngto use; to put to useHSK 5
  26. 备用bèiyòngreserve; spare; alternate; backupHSK 6
  27. 服用fúyòngto takeHSK 6
  28. 录用lùyòngto hire; to accept for publicationHSK 6
  29. 通用tōngyòngto use anywhere, anytime; to be used by everyoneHSK 6
  30. 饮用水yǐnyòngshuǐdrinking water; potable waterHSK 6
  31. 用餐yòngcānto eat a mealHSK 6
  32. 用处yòngchùusefulnessHSK 6
  33. 用功yònggōngdiligent; industrious; to study hardHSK 6
  34. 用人yòngrénservant; to employ sb for a job; to manage peopleHSK 6
  35. 用心yòngxīnmotive; intention; to be diligent or attentiveHSK 6
  36. 专用zhuānyòngspecial; dedicatedHSK 6
  37. 动用dòngyòngto utilize; to put sth to useHSK 7–9
  38. 副作用fùzuòyòngside effectHSK 7–9
  39. 公用gōngyòngpublic; for public useHSK 7–9
  40. 管用guǎnyòngefficacious; usefulHSK 7–9

And 15 more across the higher levels — the full lists are on the level pages.

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.