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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).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

用 yòng
to use, to employ, to apply; use
radical 101 ⽤ · 5 strokes
处 chu
to reside at, to live in; place, locale; department
radical 34 ⼡ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “usefulness”

WordPinyinMeaning
效用xiào yòngusefulness; effectiveness
用yòngto use; to make use of; to employ; (coverb) with; using

Related words

Other words that share a character with 用处.

WordPinyinMeaning
使用shǐ yòngto use; to employ
利用lì yòngto exploit; to make use of
用户 (用戶)yòng hùuser; consumer
采用 (採用)cǎi yòngto adopt; to employ
应用 (應用)yìng yòngto put to use; to apply; practical; applied (science, linguistics etc)
作用zuò yòngto act on; to affect; action; function; activity
处理 (處理)chǔ lǐto handle; to deal with; to punish
处于 (處於)chǔ yúto 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.

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