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Kanji Information Sheet for 計 ( PDF version )
Bushu (Radical) Info: 言 (ことば) – say
Henshall Mnemonic: counting in tens is a way of measuring
Levels: JLPT N4 | JLPT 3 (old) | Grade 2
Frequency: #228 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #228 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N5 Words
JLPT N3 Words
- 計 [けい]
(n,n-suf) plan [K] [D] [Jisho] - 計る [はかる]
(v5r) to measure; to weigh; to survey; to time (sound, gauge, estimate) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 計画 [けいかく]
(n,vs) plan; project; schedule; scheme; program [K] [D] [Jisho] - 計算 [けいさん]
(n,vs) calculation; reckoning [K] [D] [Jisho] - 合計 [ごうけい]
(n,vs) sum total; total amount [K] [D] [Jisho] - 設計 [せっけい]
(n,vs) plan; design [K] [D] [Jisho] - 会計 [かいけい]
(n) account; finance; accountant; treasurer; paymaster; reckoning; bill [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
- 余計 [よけい]
(adj-na,adv,n) too much; unnecessary; abundance; surplus; excess; superfluity [K] [D] [Jisho] - 統計 [とうけい]
(n,vs) statistics [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
- 集計 [しゅうけい]
(n,vs) totalization; aggregate [K] [D] [Jisho] - 計器 [けいき]
(n) meter; gauge [K] [D] [Jisho] - 家計 [かけい]
(n) household economy; family finances [K] [D] [Jisho] - 生計 [せいけい]
(n) livelihood; living [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 寒暖計 [かんだんけい]
(n) thermometer [K] [D] [Jisho] - 計り知れない [はかりしれない]
(adj,exp) unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable [K] [D] [Jisho] - 腕時計 [うでどけい]
(n) wristwatch [K] [D] [Jisho] - 計画的 [けいかくてき]
(adj-na) systematic [K] [D] [Jisho] - 累計 [るいけい]
(n) total [K] [D] [Jisho] - 計上 [けいじょう]
(n,vs) appropriation; summing up [K] [D] [Jisho] - 計測 [けいそく]
(n,vs) measurement; measure [K] [D] [Jisho] - 家計簿 [かけいぼ]
(n) household account book [K] [D] [Jisho] - 計量 [けいりょう]
(n) measurement; computation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 取り計らい [とりはからい]
(n) arrangement [K] [D] [Jisho] - 公認会計士 [こうにんかいけいし]
certified public accountant [K] [D] [Jisho] - 家族計画 [かぞくけいかく]
family planning [K] [D] [Jisho] - 会計検査院 [かいけいけんさいん]
(n) Board of Audit [K] [D] [Jisho] - 会計年度 [かいけいねんど]
fiscal year [K] [D] [Jisho] - 推計 [すいけい]
(n,vs) estimate; estimation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 目覚まし時計 [めざましどけい]
(n) alarm clock [K] [D] [Jisho] - 主計 [しゅけい]
(n) paymaster; accountant [K] [D] [Jisho] - 主計局 [しゅけいきょく]
budget bureau [K] [D] [Jisho] - 体温計 [たいおんけい]
(n) medical thermometer [K] [D] [Jisho] - 都市計画 [としけいかく]
town planning [K] [D] [Jisho] - 総計 [そうけい]
(n) total [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.