Jisho

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冗

4 strokes
Radical:
cover 冖
Parts:
冖 几
superfluous, uselessness
On:
ジョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1782 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 冗 【ジョウ】 waste, uselessness, redundance
  • 冗談 【ジョウダン】 joke, jest, funny story

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
rong3
Korean:
yong

Spanish

  • superfluo
  • sobrante
  • inutilidad
  • relajado
  • flojo

Portuguese

  • supérfluo
  • inútil

French

  • superflu
  • inutile
1416 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1746 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
625 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1122 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1080 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1614 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1722 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
468 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
163 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2470 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1250 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1716 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
306 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1566 Morohashi
1976 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
399 New Nelson (John Haig)
300 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
321 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1021 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3657 2001 Kanji
2i2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-2 SKIP code
3721.7 Four corner code
1-30-73 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5197 Unicode hex code

用

5 strokes
Radical:
use 用 (甩)
Parts:
用
utilize, business, service, use, employ
Kun:
もち.いる
On:
ヨウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
107 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 用 【ヨウ】 business, task, errand, engagement, use, purpose, for the use of ..., used for ..., made for ..., call of nature, excretion
  • 用意 【ヨウイ】 preparation, arrangements, provision, getting ready, laying out (e.g. a meal)
  • 登用 【トウヨウ】 appointment, assignment, promotion
  • 効用 【コウヨウ】 use, utility, effect, benefit

Kun reading compounds

  • 用いる 【もちいる】 to use, to make use of, to utilize, to utilise

Readings

Japanese names:
たから
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yong4
Korean:
yong

Spanish

  • uso
  • empleo
  • trabajo
  • usar
  • hacer uso de

Portuguese

  • utilizar
  • negócios
  • serviço
  • usar
  • empregar

French

  • se servir de
  • affaires
  • service
  • utiliser
  • employer
146 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
235 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
215 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
102 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2993 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
110 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
219 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
193 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.19 Japanese for Busy People
107 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
107 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
308 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1329 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3694 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1889 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2569 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1189 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21703 Morohashi
2976 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3721 New Nelson (John Haig)
1181 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1265 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
177 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
116 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3653 2001 Kanji
2r3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-3 SKIP code
4-5-1 SKIP code
7722.0 Four corner code
1-45-49 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7528 Unicode hex code