庸

ordinary; to use

11 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,224 U+5EB8

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

components: 广彐用

mediocre · Heisig RSH #2778

cave + rake + rack

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 用

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 用 (yòng) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
用 sound component	yòng	to use, to employ, to apply; use
拥	yōng	to have, to hold; to embrace, to hug; to flock, to throng
甬	yǒng	path; river in Ningbo; Ningbo
痈	yōng	ulcer, sore, carbuncle, abcess

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
中庸之道	zhōng yōng zhī dào	doctrine of the mean; moderation in all things
平庸之恶	píng yōng zhī è	(philosophy) banal evil
附庸风雅	fù yōng fēng yǎ	(of an uneducated person) to mingle with the cognoscenti; to pose as a culture lover; to b…
居庸关	Jū yōng guān	Juyongguan, frontier fortress on Great Wall north of Beijing, in Changping district 昌平區\|昌平…
庸人自扰	yōng rén zì rǎo	lit. silly people get their panties in a bunch (idiom); fig. to get upset over nothing; to…
平庸之辈	píng yōng zhī bèi	a nobody; a nonentity
庸俗化	yōng sú huà	debasement; vulgarization
大庸	Dà yōng	Dayong, former name of Zhangjiajie 張家界\|张家界[Zhang1 jia1 jie4], Hunan
庸人	yōng rén	mediocre person
中庸	Zhōng yōng	the Doctrine of the Mean, one of the Four Books 四書\|四书[Si4 shu1]
中庸	zhōng yōng	golden mean (Confucianism); (literary) (of person) mediocre; ordinary
无庸	wú yōng	variant of 毋庸[wu2 yong1]
金庸	Jīn Yōng	Jin Yong, pen name of Louis Cha (1924-2018), wuxia 武俠\|武侠[wu3 xia2] novelist, author of the…
平庸	píng yōng	mediocre; indifferent; commonplace
庸碌无能	yōng lù wú néng	mediocre and incompetent
庸医	yōng yī	quack; charlatan
庸才	yōng cái	mediocrity
庸俗	yōng sú	vulgar; tacky; tawdry
附庸	fù yōng	vassal; dependent; subordinate; subservient; appendage
凡庸	fán yōng	ordinary; mediocre