Entry
  1. Noun

    (your) business; (your) concern; (your) need

    Honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language

    ご用のときはお電話ください。
    Please call me up if you want me.
  2. (customer's) order

    Honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language

  3. official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.)

  4. arrest; capture

  5. Noun or verb acting prenominally

    subservient to an authority (esp. the government); pro-government

    see 御用新聞

Also written ご用【ごよう】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

honorable, manipulate, govern

Kun
おん-お-み-
On
ギョ
Strokes
12
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N3
Frequency
1087 of 2500
Radical
step
WaniKani
Level 39

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
1-3-9SKIP code
3i9.1The Kanji Dictionary
2722.0Four corner code
2044deroo
5fa1Unicode hex code
1-24-70JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1628Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1761New Nelson (John Haig)
577New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
703Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
422Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
529Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1398Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1500Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
620A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1572Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
924Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
10157XMorohashi
1158A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
708Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
721Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
524Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1530Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
371crowley
919Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
632Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1410Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yu4Pinyin reading
eo, aKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
39WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

utilize, business, service, use, employ

Kun
もち.いる
On
ヨウ
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
107 of 2500
Radical
use
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Used in names as

たから

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-2-3, 4-5-1SKIP code
2r3.1The Kanji Dictionary
7722.0Four corner code
3653deroo
7528Unicode hex code
1-45-49JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2993Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3721New Nelson (John Haig)
2976New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3694Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1889Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2569Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1181Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1265Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
102A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
193Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
110Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
21703Morohashi
215A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
107Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
107Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
146sakade
219Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
235henshall3
116Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
177crowley
308Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.19busy_people
1329Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1189Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yong4Pinyin reading
yongKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level