Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food

績: exploits, achievements

Also: unreeling cocoons

JLPT N217 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met

糸 carries the meaning · 責 gives the sound

17 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

セキseki · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 成績せいせきgrades (school)
  • 実績じっせきachievements
  • 功績こうせきmeritorious deed
  • 業績ぎょうせきperformance (work)
  • 戦績せんせきwar or military record; score
  • 紡績ぼうせきspinning (textiles)
  • 好成績こうせいせきgood results

Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Everything is connected! This radical represents the invisible threads that tie us together—our relationships, the fine "silk" of our words, and the intricate weaving of our personal histories.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
績 exploits · 糸
vs積 volume · 禾
績 has 糸 where 積 has 禾.
In ChineseSimplified 绩 · traditional, as in Japanese · jì

Japan keeps the traditional form 績; mainland China simplifies it to 绩.

Simplified
绩 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
績 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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