庸

mediocre; commonplace; ordinary; employment

11 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 2038.

Readings

• ヨウ (on reading): 中庸 (ちゅうよう) middle way; 庸 (よう) tax paid to avoid forced labor (ritsuryō period)

Components

• 广
• ⺕
• 用
• ヨ radical snout, katakana yo
• 广 radical house on a cliff
• 用 radical use
• 聿 radical brush

Kanji containing 庸

• 傭 employ
• 慵 languid

Words using 庸

• 中庸 (ちゅうよう) middle way
• 庸 (よう) tax paid to avoid forced labor (ritsuryō period)
• 凡庸 (ぼんよう) mediocre
• 租庸調 (そようちょう) corvee
• 庸愚 (ようぐ) mediocrity

12 words in all.

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