利用

りよう

usage, utilization

Mnemonic

You take the knife to the grain because that is what the pair of them are for. Ri り, and the same Yo よう who stood in your doorway. The library is there and he is in it every week: りよう.

Built from

利

profit, advantage

禾 grain + 刂 knife

用

use

One shape, no parts worth pulling off. A thing put to work.

Words sharing these kanji

勝利 triumph, victory 用意 preparation, getting ready 用 things to do, (as a suffix) to do..., made for...信用 trust, credit 使用 usage 用事 things to do, errand, business

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