Sinograph Addenda · Signs

use

Nameuse
Readsyòng
Meansto use, to employ
Taught in07 · With, by, from, at

Where it comes from

The old picture is honestly disputed — scholars have seen a bucket, a fence of planks, a hung bell struck in ceremony. The word it writes was never in doubt: to use, to put to work. Taught in the coverb chapter.

How to remember it

A rack of slats standing ready to hand: take it down and use it.

In the wild

Laozi 11. urn:nabu:kanripo:KR5c0057:011:1a · license: attribution.