Chinese symbol for “usage”

用法

yòng fǎ

usage

The closest CC-CEDICT match for usage is 用法 (yòng fǎ), defined as: usage.

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Characters and stroke order

用 yòng

to use, to employ, to apply; use

radical 101 ⽤ · 5 strokes

法 fǎ

law, rule, statute; method, way; French

radical 85 ⽔ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “usage”

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
用词 (用詞)	yòng cí	usage (of a term); wording
用量	yòng liàng	quantity used; usage; consumption; dose

Related words

Other words that share a character with 用法.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
使用	shǐ yòng	to use; to employ
利用	lì yòng	to exploit; to make use of
用户 (用戶)	yòng hù	user; consumer
采用 (採用)	cǎi yòng	to adopt; to employ
应用 (應用)	yìng yòng	to put to use; to apply; practical; applied (science, linguistics etc)
作用	zuò yòng	to act on; to affect; action; function; activity
无法 (無法)	wú fǎ	unable to; incapable of
法律	fǎ lǜ	law; 条 (tiáo), 套 (tào), 个 (gè)

See also: Japanese symbol for “usage”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.