The Chinese Radical: 用


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Meaning
use, need    用

Explanation

Used in these characters:
用
JLPT HSK 3
 to use, employ, have to, to eat or drink
yòng
 用
Image of a fence
A fence can be used.  
拥
JLPT HSK 5
 to embrace, to wrap around, throng, swarm
yōng
 扌 用
Left: hand 扌, right: use, employ 用 (A fence 用 can be used.)
The hand is used for embracing.  
甩
JLPT HSK 5
 to throw, to fling, to swing, to leave behind
shuǎi
 用 乚

Use 用 sth. with a "handle 乚 for use 用" when: throwing.  
庸
JLPT HSK 6
 ordinary, to use (often negative)
yōng
 广 用
Outside: building 广, below: hand , holding a pestle 丨, combined with use 用
When in a building a hand uses a pestle, it is very ordinary.  
佣
JLPT HSK 6
 to employ, to hire, servant
yōng, yòng
 亻 用
Left: person 亻, right: to use, need 用 (A fence 用 can be used.)
The person, who is needed is the: employed servant.  
甭
JLPT HSK 6
 need not, not necessary
béng
 不 用
Top: not 不 (Four strokes are not enough!), bottom: use, need 用 (A fence is needed.)
"Not needed" means: Not necessary!  
甫
JLPT no HSK
 just, just now
fǔ
 甫 用
Top: hand holding a device 丶, bottom: use, employ 用 [a fence 用 can be used]
A hand in which a device is used: just now.  

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