漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
済: settle (debt, etc.), relieve (burden)
Also: finish, come to an end, excusable, need not
JLPT N311 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
氵 carries the meaning · 斉 gives the sound
11 strokes
Four readings, and the words that use each
サイsai · on'yomi · in compounds
- 経済的なけいざいてきなeconomical
- 経済けいざいeconomy
- 返済するへんさいするrepay
- 救済するきゅうさいするrescue
すむsumu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 済むすむget done [v.i.]
-ずみ-zumi · kun'yomi
- 支払い済みしはらいずみpaid
すまないsumanai · kun'yomi
- 済ませるすませるfinish [v.t.]
Also read セイ, -ずみ, すます, -すます, すくう, なす, わたし, わたる, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)水 water (meaning) + 齊 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 濟 (rev. 93560481), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine three raindrops falling—that's sanzui! Whenever you see these three dots on the left side of a kanji, think of water, liquids, or anything that flows.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side済 settle (debt, etc.) · 氵
vs剤 dose · 刂In ChineseSimplified 济 · traditional 濟 · jì
Three different forms: Japanese 済, simplified 济, traditional 濟.
- Simplified
- 济 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 濟 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jì most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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