漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
計: plot, plan
Also: scheme, measure
JLPT N49 strokesGrade 2Your ink: 白 Not met
言 carries the meaning · 十 is drawn in
9 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
ケイkei · on'yomi · in compounds
- 統計とうけいstatistics
- 会計士かいけいしaccountant
- 体温計たいおんけいmedical thermometer
- 温度計おんどけいthermometer
- 計画するけいかくするplan [v.t.]
- 計算するけいさんするcalculate
- 設計するせっけいするdesign
- 合計するごうけいするadd up
はかるhakaru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 計るはかるmeasure
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 時計とけいwatch, clock
- 腕時計うでどけいwristwatch
Also read はからう, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Ideogrammic compound (會意)言 say + 十 all
Source: Wiktionary, 計 (rev. 92311833), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Words flowing from the heart and into the world! The lines radiating upward show the power of the voice as it leaves the mouth.”
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計 plot · 十
vs訂 revise · 丁In ChineseSimplified 计 · traditional, as in Japanese · jì
Japan keeps the traditional form 計; mainland China simplifies it to 计.
- Simplified
- 计 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 計 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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