漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
算: calculate, divining
Also: number, abacus, probability
JLPT N214 strokesGrade 2Your ink: 白 Not met
竹 carries the meaning · 目 and 廾 are drawn in
14 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
サンsan · on'yomi · in compounds
- 算数さんすうarithmetic
- 採算さいさんprofit
- 暗算あんざんmental arithmetic
- 予算よさんestimate, budget
- 足し算たしざんaddition
- 引き算ひきざんsubtraction
- 計算するけいさんするcalculate, reckon
- 概算するがいさんするapproximate, estimate
- 精算するせいさんするadjust a fare, settle up
- 換算するかんさんするconvert, change
Also read そろ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
竹 bamboo + 目 + 廾
In current form, 竹 (“bamboo”) + 目 + 廾.
Source: Wiktionary, 算 (rev. 93418883), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Under the bamboo canopy! This radical brings the practicality and craftsmanship of bamboo to the head of many kanji.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · suàn
Same form: 算 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 算 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 算 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin suàn 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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