漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
測: fathom, plan
Also: scheme, measure
JLPT N212 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
氵 carries the meaning · 則 gives the sound
12 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ソクsoku · on'yomi · in compounds
- 測候所そっこうじょweather measurement station
- 憶測おくそくguess, speculation, supposition
- 不測ふそくunexpected [n.]
- 測量するそくりょうするmeasure (mass) [v.t.]
- 測定するそくていするmeasure [v.t.]
- 観測するかんそくするobserve
- 推測するすいそくするguess, conjecture
- 予測するよそくするpredict, estimate
- 目測するもくそくするmeasure by eye
はかるhakaru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 測るはかるmeasure (mass) [v.t.]
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
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測 fathom · 氵
vs側 side · 亻In ChineseSimplified 测 · traditional, as in Japanese · cè
Japan keeps the traditional form 測; mainland China simplifies it to 测.
- Simplified
- 测 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 測 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin cè 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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