Chinese symbol for “usefulness”
用处
yòng chu
Traditional: 用處
usefulness; 个 (gè)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for usefulness is 用处 (yòng chu), defined as: usefulness; 个 (gè).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “usefulness”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 效用 | xiào yòng | usefulness; effectiveness |
| 用 | yòng | to use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 用处.
| 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 |
| 处理 (處理) | chǔ lǐ | to handle; to deal with; to punish |
| 处于 (處於) | chǔ yú | to be in (some state, position, or condition) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “usefulness”.
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.