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Bushu (Radical) Info: 禾 (のぎ) – two branch tree

Henshall Mnemonic: take blame for pile-up of rice plants

Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 4
Frequency: #541 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N4 Words

• 積もり   [つもり]
  (n) intention; plan   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N3 Words

• 積極的   [せっきょくてき]
  (adj-na) positive; active; proactive   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 積もる   [つもる]
  (v5r) to pile up   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 面積   [めんせき]
  (n) area   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 容積   [ようせき]
  (n) capacity; volume   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 体積   [たいせき]
  (n) capacity; volume   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 積む   [つむ]
  (v5m) to pile up; to stack   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 蓄積   [ちくせき]
  (n,vs) accumulation; accumulate; store   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 見積もり   [みつもり]
  (n) estimation; quotation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 見積り   [みつもり]
  (n) estimation; quotation   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 積ん読   [つんどく]
  buying books and not reading them   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 積極   [せっきょく]
  (n) positive; progressive   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 積載   [せきさい]
  (n) lading; loading; carrying   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 積算   [せきさん]
  (n,vs) addition; add up; estimate   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 積雪   [せきせつ]
  (n) fallen snow   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 堆積   [たいせき]
  (n) pile (of things)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 集積   [しゅうせき]
  (n,vs) accumulation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 積立金   [つみたてきん]
  (n) deposit   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 欝積   [うっせき]
  (n) congestion; stagna   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 累積   [るいせき]
  (n) accumulation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 山積   [さんせき]
  (n,vs) lying in piles; form into piles; forming a (huge) pile   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 積   [せき]
  (n) (math) product   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 積み込む   [つみこむ]
  (v5m) to load (with goods, cargo); to put on board; to stow aboard   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 上積み   [うわづみ]
  (n) deck cargo; upper layer of goods   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 積み重ね   [つみかさね]
  (n) pile; accumulation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 積み重ねる   [つみかさねる]
  (v1,vt) to be piled up; to accumulate   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 作付面積   [さくづけめんせき]
  planted area   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 積み立て   [つみたて]
  (n) savings   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 積 at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

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.