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Kanji Information Sheet for 算 (
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Bushu (Radical) Info: 竹 (たけ) – bamboo
Henshall Mnemonic: count by using bamboo abacus with both hands
Levels: JLPT N2 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 2
Frequency: #361 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #361 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
Click any individual kanji to view a similar information sheet for it.Click [K] to look up the word's individual character(s) at WWWJDIC.
Click [D] to look up the word at WWWJDIC (definition is the same but other useful features exist).
Click [Jisho] to look up the word at Jisho.org.
JLPT N3 Words
- 計算 [けいさん]
(n,vs) calculation; reckoning [K] [D] [Jisho] - 予算 [よさん]
(n) estimate; budget [K] [D] [Jisho] - 精算 [せいさん]
(n) exact calculation; squaring of accounts [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
- 掛け算 [かけざん]
(n) multiplication [K] [D] [Jisho] - 算数 [さんすう]
(n) arithmetic [K] [D] [Jisho] - 算盤 [そろばん]
(n) abacus [K] [D] [Jisho] - 引算 [ひきざん]
(n) subtraction [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
- 換算 [かんさん]
(n,vs) conversion; change; exchange [K] [D] [Jisho] - 決算 [けっさん]
(n) balance sheet; settlement of accounts [K] [D] [Jisho] - 割り算 [わりざん]
(n) (math) division [K] [D] [Jisho] - 採算 [さいさん]
(n) profit [K] [D] [Jisho] - 暗算 [あんざん]
(n,vs) mental arithmetic [K] [D] [Jisho] - 足し算 [たしざん]
(n) addition [K] [D] [Jisho] - 清算 [せいさん]
(n) liquidation; settlement [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 珠算 [しゅざん]
(n) calculation with abacus [K] [D] [Jisho] - 積算 [せきさん]
(n,vs) addition; add up; estimate [K] [D] [Jisho] - 公算 [こうさん]
(n) probability [K] [D] [Jisho] - 概算 [がいさん]
(n) approximation; rough estimate [K] [D] [Jisho] - 試算 [しさん]
(n,vs) trial calculation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 演算 [えんざん]
(n) operation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 引き算 [ひきざん]
(n) subtraction [K] [D] [Jisho] - 加算 [かさん]
(adj-na,n) add; addition [K] [D] [Jisho] - 通算 [つうさん]
(n,vs) total [K] [D] [Jisho] - 誤算 [ごさん]
(n) miscalculation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 算出 [さんしゅつ]
(n) calculation; computation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 算定 [さんてい]
(n,vs) calculation; estimation; computation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 打算的 [ださんてき]
(adj-na) calculating; mercenary [K] [D] [Jisho] - 本予算 [ほんよさん]
(n) main budget [K] [D] [Jisho] - 重加算税 [じゅうかさんぜい]
(n) heavy additional tax(ation) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 成算 [せいさん]
(n) confidence in success [K] [D] [Jisho] - 総決算 [そうけっさん]
(n) complete financial statement [K] [D] [Jisho] - 補正予算 [ほせいよさん]
revised or supplementary budget [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.