活用

Chinese

		to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship	to use
simp. and trad. (活用)		活	用

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huóyòng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄩㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wut⁶ jung⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huóyòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄩㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huóyòng
  - Wade–Giles: huo²-yung⁴
  - Yale: hwó-yùng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwoyonq
  - Palladius: хоюн (xojun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ³⁵ jʊŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wut⁶ jung⁶
  - Yale: wuht yuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wut⁹ jung⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: wud⁶ yung⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːt̚² jʊŋ²²/

Verb

活用

to flexibly put to use; to apply flexibly; to have multiple uses
to inflect; to conjugate

Japanese

Kanji in this term
活	用
かつ Grade: 2	よう Grade: 2
kan'on

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かつよー [kàtsúyóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ka̠t͡sɨjo̞ː]

Noun

活(かつ)用(よう) • (katsuyō) ^{←くわつよう (kwatuyou)^?}

application (the use of a thing)
inflection (of a verb, conjugation; of an adjective or noun, declension)
Coordinate term: 曲用 (kyokuyō, “declension”)

Derived terms

活(かつ)用(よう)形(けい) (katsuyōkei)
活(かつ)用(よう)言(げん) (katsuyōgen)
活(かつ)用(よう)語(ご) (katsuyōgo)
活(かつ)用(よう)語(ご)尾(び) (katsuyō gobi)
活(かつ)用(よう)連(れん)語(ご) (katsuyō rengo)

Verb

活(かつ)用(よう)する • (katsuyō suru) ^{←くわつよう (kwatuyou)^?}transitive or intransitive suru (stem 活(かつ)用(よう)し (katsuyō shi), past 活(かつ)用(よう)した (katsuyō shita))

(transitive) to utilize
データをうまく活用(かつよう)する
dēta o umaku katsuyō suru
to skilfully utilize data
(intransitive, grammar) to inflect, to conjugate

Conjugation

Conjugation of "活用する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	活用し	かつようし	katsuyō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	活用し	かつようし	katsuyō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	活用する	かつようする	katsuyō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	活用する	かつようする	katsuyō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	活用すれ	かつようすれ	katsuyō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	活用せよ¹ 活用しろ²	かつようせよ¹ かつようしろ²	katsuyō seyo¹ katsuyō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	活用される	かつようされる	katsuyō sareru
Causative	活用させる活用さす	かつようさせるかつようさす	katsuyō saseru katsuyō sasu
Potential	活用できる	かつようできる	katsuyō dekiru
Volitional	活用しよう	かつようしよう	katsuyō shiyō
Negative	活用しない	かつようしない	katsuyō shinai
Negative continuative	活用せず	かつようせず	katsuyō sezu
Formal	活用します	かつようします	katsuyō shimasu
Perfective	活用した	かつようした	katsuyō shita
Conjunctive	活用して	かつようして	katsuyō shite
Hypothetical conditional	活用すれば	かつようすれば	katsuyō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

See also

格(かく)変(へん)化(か) (kakuhenka), 語(ご)形(けい)変(へん)化(か) (gokei henka): (grammar) declension

References

Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN

^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“活用”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
活	用

Noun

活用 • (hwaryong) (hangeul 활용)

hanja form^? of 활용 (“application (the use of a thing)”)
hanja form^? of 활용 (“(grammar) conjugation, declension, inflection”)