The Japanese Radical: 用


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Meaning
use    用

Explanation The radical mochiiru shows originally the picture of a fence.

Used in these characters:
通
JLPT 4Joyo 2
 pass, commute, communicate
tōru, kayou, TSŪ
 辶 マ 用
Left: movement 辶, right: 甬 (bent person マ, and use/usage 用 (= A fence 用 can be used.)
The bent person uses movement for passing through (commuting).  
用
JLPT 4Joyo 2
 use
mochiiru, YŌ
 用
Looks like a fence
A fence can be used.  
備
JLPT 2Joyo 5
 equipment, prepare, possess
sonaeru/waru, BI
 亻 艹 厂 用
Left: person 亻/人, right: plant 艹, cliff 广, use 用
The person picks up plants from the cliff for use as equipment.  
痛
JLPT 2Joyo 6
 pain, ache, hurt
itai/mu/meru, TSŪ
 疒 マ 用
Top: sick 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), below: 甬 = bent person マ, use 用 (image of a fence)
The disease, when somebody is hanging bent over a fence is painful.  
補
JLPT 2Joyo 6
 supplement, assist, supply, make good
oginau, HO
 衣 甫 用
Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: begin 甫 (Image of the upper body with shoulders 一 and chest 月 with spine 丨and an object 丶)
Clothes are the objects for the upper body for providing: supplement.  
捕
JLPT 2Joyo 7
 capture, seize, catch, grasp
toru/raeru, tsukamaru/maeru, HO
 扌 甫 用
Left: hand 扌, right: to begin 甫 (Image of the upper body with shoulders 一 and chest 月 with spine 丨 and an object 丶)
You need your hand and upper body when: capturing or catching.  
浦
JLPT 1Joyo 7
 coast, inlet, bay, seashore
ura, HO
 氵 甫 用
Left: water 氵, right: to begin 甫 (Image of upper body with shoulders 一 and chest 月 with spine 丨 and a head 丶)
The water, where you can stand such that the upper body is still seen is at the: coast or bay.  
舗
JLPT 1Joyo 7
 shop, store, pave
HO
 舎 甫 用
Left: lodge, accommodation 舎 (...with a roof over the ground 土 and an entrance 口), right: to begin 甫 (image of an upper body with shoulders 一 and chest 月 with spine 丨 and an object 丶)
The lodge for objects 丶 with a sales agent (= upper body) is a shop.  
庸
JLPT 1Joyo 7
 ordinary, work, mediocre
YŌ
 广 用
Outside: building 广, below: hand ナ/ヨ, holding a pestle 丨, combined with use 用 [A fence 用 can be used.]
In a building a hand uses a pestle, which is very ordinary.  
踊
JLPT 2Joyo 7
 dance
odoru, YŌ
 足 マ 用
Left: foot 足 (kneecap 口 and a footprint 止), right: var. of pass 通 The bent マ person uses/needs 用 movement 辶 for passing/ commuting.)
The foot of the bent person is used when: dancing.  
猟
JLPT 1Joyo 7
 hunting
RYŌ
 犭 用 爪
Left: wild animal 犭(dog on hind legs), right: variation of claws 爪, use 用 (A fence 用 can be used)
(For example, the hound:) Animals with claws are used for hunting.  
柵
JLPT -Joyo 7
 fence, railing, barrier
SAKU
 木 冊 用
Left: tree 木, right: bundle of bamboo writing tablets/book volume 冊 (here: image of a fence)
Made of wood and looking like a fence: A fence.  
哺
JLPT -Joyo 7
 suckle, breast feeding
HO
 口 甫 用
Left: mouth 口, right: to begin 甫 (Here: image of an upper body with shoulders 一 and chest 月 with spine 丨 and a small baby 丶)
The mouth at the upper body is breastfed.  

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