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Depicts a bucket with a handle on the right side. Based on the original meaning "bucket". The meaning of this character has shifted over time and now means "use".
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用 originally depicted a bucket with a handle on the right side, and its earliest meaning was "bucket". Over time, the character's meaning shifted from the physical object to the act of using it, giving rise to its modern primary sense as the verb "to use". This verbal sense then extended to abstract concepts such as usefulness, expenses, and utility. In modern Chinese grammar, 用 also functions as a preposition indicating the instrument or method by which an action is performed, similar to English "with" or "by means of".
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我用筷子吃饭。
他常用电子邮件。
学习需要用心。
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这种方法很实用。
我们必须合理用水。
她用幽默感化解了尴尬。
工程师们正在用新技术改进产品。
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