庸
庸 — yong
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 떳떳할 용
- Romanization
- yong
- English
- usual, common, ordinary, mediocre
- Mandarin
- yōng
- Japanese on'yomi
- ヨウ, ユ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- つね なんぞ もちいる
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Secondary (Jōyō)
- Newspaper frequency
- #2,038 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 广 (53, 8 residual)
- Unicode
- U+5EB8
How 庸 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 庸 as a ideographic compound involving 庚, 同.
Korean example words with 庸
- 용중庸衆 Korean gloss: 평범한 군중
- 등용登庸 Korean gloss: 인재를 뽑아서 씀
- 용공庸工 Korean gloss: 재주나 기술이 변변하지 못한 장인
- 범용凡庸 Korean gloss: 평범하고 변변하지 못함. 또는 그런 사람
- 용속하다庸俗 Korean gloss: 평범하고 속되어 이렇다 할 특징이 없다
- 용렬스럽다庸劣 Korean gloss: 사람이 변변하지 못하고 졸렬한 데가 있다
- 반중용反中庸 Korean gloss: 중용에 반대하거나 반대됨
- 용왕庸王 Korean gloss: 평범한 왕.
- 용인庸人 Korean gloss: 평범한 사람.
- 용행庸行 Korean gloss: 일상적인 행실.
- 투용偸庸 Korean gloss: 용렬하고 미련함.
- 용언庸言 Korean gloss: 일상에서 쓰는 말.
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 庸
- 凡庸ぼんよう mediocre; ordinary; commonplace
- 庸よう tax paid to avoid forced labor (ritsuryō period); tax in kind; mediocrity
- 中庸ちゅうよう middle way; (golden) mean; moderation
- 庸愚ようぐ mediocrity; imbecility
- 庸人ようじん common man
- 庸君ようくん stupid ruler
- 庸才ようさい mediocre talent
- 付庸ふよう dependency; vassal state
- 庸劣ようれつ mediocre; inferior; commonplace
- 平庸へいよう average; ordinary
- 租庸調そようちょう corvee; taxes in kind or service (ritsuryō system)
- 凡庸愚昧ぼんようぐまい ordinary and ignorant; mediocre and stupid
Characters sharing the phonetic 庸
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “용” in Korean.
Other hanja read “용”
Other hanja with radical 广
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences