庸
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Translingual
    
    Han character
    
庸 (Kangxi radical 53, 广+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 戈中月 (ILB), four-corner 00227, composition ⿸广𬎾)
References
    
- KangXi: page 347, character 30
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9378
- Dae Jaweon: page 658, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 890, character 5
- Unihan data for U+5EB8
Chinese
    
| trad. | 庸 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 庸 | |
| 2nd round simp. | ⿸广用 | |
| alternative forms | 𠆌 ancient 㐯 ancient | |
Glyph origin
    
Characters in the same phonetic series (用) (Zhengzhang, 2003)  
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *loŋ) and ideogrammic compound (會意) : abbreviated semantic 庚 + phonetic 用 (OC *loŋs).
Pronunciation
    
Definitions
    
庸
- to use; to employ
- to need
- 毋庸置疑 ― wúyōngzhìyí ― to not need to question
 
- contribution; merit
- ordinary; common; (by extension) mediocre; inferior
- (literary, rhetorical question) how; how can it be that (used in rhetorical questions)
- 子儀在位,十四年矣;而謀召君者,庸非貳乎? [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE
- Zǐyí zàiwèi, shísì nián yǐ; ér móu zhào jūn zhě, yōng fēi èr hū? [Pinyin]
- Ziyi held the earldom for fourteen years; those who took measures to call in your lordship, how did they not show a divided allegiance?
 
 子仪在位,十四年矣;而谋召君者,庸非贰乎? [Classical Chinese, simp.]
 
- a surname
Antonyms
    
- (ordinary): 偉/伟 (wěi) (extraordinary, great)
Compounds
    
Derived terms from 庸
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Japanese
    
    
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): [jo̞ː]
Korean
    
    Hanja
    
庸 (eum 용 (yong))
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Vietnamese
    
    Han character
    
庸: Hán Nôm readings: dong, dông, dung, giông  
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References
    
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