漢字Kanji · in States & Attributes
率: ratio, rate
Also: proportion, %, factor, lead, spearhead, command
JLPT N111 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
玄 carries the meaning · 冫 and 十 are drawn in
11 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
ソツsotsu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 引率するいんそつするlead (a group)
- 統率するとうそつするcommand, lead
- 率先するそっせんするtake initiative
- 率直なそっちょくなfrank, openhearted
- 軽率なけいそつなrash
リツritsu · on'yomi
- 率りつrate, proportion
- 比率ひりつrate, proportion
- 利率りりつinterest rate
- 確率かくりつprobability
- 能率のうりつefficiency
- 競争率きょうそうりつratio of successful (applicants)
ひきいるhikiiru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 率いるひきいるspearhead (a group)
Also read シュツ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Pictogram (象形)
According to Xu Shen, a net to capture birds. 冫幺冫is the net, and the top and bottom is the stick.
Source: Wiktionary, 率 (rev. 93813697), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Mysterious/dark (玄) + threads/points. Originally related to a complex system of fine threads used to "lead" or measure things in a precise, almost mysterious way.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read ソツ
1 kanji shares this on'yomiAlso read リツ
4 kanji share this on'yomiAlso read シュツ
2 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · lǜ
Same form: 率 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 率 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 率 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin lǜ 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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