The kanji 計: meaning, readings and stroke order
計
- Meaning
- measure, count
- On reading
- ケイ kei
- Kun reading
- はか(る) hakaru、はか(らう) hakarau
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 言 speech
- Level
- Level 2 · grade 2
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- đo, tính (kế)
- Japanese
- はかる。かぞえる。
- Korean
- 재다, 세다 (계)
- Chinese
- 测量、计算 (计)
Readings, words and example sentences
ケイ kei · on reading
時計
clock, watch
時計を 見て 時間を たしかめます。
I look at the clock to check the time.
はか(る) hakaru · kun reading
計る
measure, weigh
体の おもさを 計ります。
I check how much I weigh.
はか(らう) hakarau · kun reading · less common
計らう
arrange, take care of
先生が うまく 計らって くれました。
Our teacher arranged things well for us.
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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.