The kanji 益: meaning, readings and stroke order
益
- Meaning
- benefit, profit
- On reading
- エキ eki、ヤク* yaku
- Kun reading
- —
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 皿 dish
- Level
- Level 5 · grade 5
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- lợi ích, có ích (ích)
- Japanese
- ために なる こと。もうけ。
- Korean
- 도움, 이익 (익)
- Chinese
- 好处、利益
Readings, words and example sentences
エキ eki · on reading
利益
profit
店の 利益を 計算します。
They work out the shop's profit.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.