常用

Character by character

• 常cháng11 strokesHSK 1common, normal, frequent, regular
• 用yòng5 strokesHSK 1use, employ, apply, operate; use

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 常用. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 用yòngHSK 1

  to use; to employ; to have to; to eat or drink; expense or outlay; usefulness; hence; therefore

• 非常fēi chángHSK 1

  very; really; unusual; extraordinary

• 使用shǐ yòngHSK 2

  to use; to employ; to apply; to make use of

• 正常zhèng chángHSK 2

  regular; normal; ordinary

• 利用lì yòngHSK 3

  to exploit; to make use of; to use; to take advantage of; to utilize

• 经常jīng chángHSK 2

  frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily

• 作用zuò yòngHSK 2

  to act on; to affect; action; function; activity; impact; result; effect; purpose; intent; (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 用, inhibition

• 不用bù yòngHSK 1

  need not

• 常chángHSK 1

  always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant

• 通常tōng chángHSK 3

  regular; usual; normal; usually; normally

• 费用fèi yòngHSK 3

  cost; expenditure; expense

• 异常yì chángHSK 6

  unusual; abnormal; extremely; exceptionally

• 常常cháng chángHSK 1

  frequently; often

• 用于yòng yúHSK 5

  to use in; to use on; to use for

• 采用cǎi yòngHSK 3

  to adopt; to employ; to use

• 用来yòng láiHSK 5

  to be used for

• 运用yùn yòngHSK 4

  to use; to put to use

• 信用卡xìn yòng kǎHSK 2

  credit card

• 平常píng chángHSK 2

  ordinary; common; usually; ordinarily

• 用户yòng hùHSK 5

  user; consumer; subscriber; customer

• 有用yǒu yòngHSK 1

  useful

• 常规cháng guīHSK 6

  code of conduct; conventions; common practice; routine (medical procedure etc)

• 没用méi yòngHSK 3

  useless

• 用品yòng pǐnHSK 6

  articles for use; products; goods