用
yòng · HSK 1
with
用 (yòng) = use; 'with' as in 'eat with chopsticks' = use chopsticks
In Chinese, 用 means 'use', and extends to English 'with' when 'with' marks an instrument: 用筷子吃 = eat using chopsticks. Pictograph origin: a bucket or container, repurposed for the abstract sense of 'employ'.
用 — pictograph of a bucket or wooden pail
用 originally depicted a bucket or container, possibly a sacrificial vessel made of wood. Over time it was borrowed to mean 'to use' or 'employ,' losing its concrete object sense. The modern meaning 'use' has been standard since early classical Chinese.