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益

Benefit
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingエキ、ヤク
Kun readingます
JōyōGrade 5Level 28
  1. use
  2. good
  3. advantage
  4. gain

Homonyms

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Same reading (えき)
駅 · railway station液 · liquid

Radicals and components

Radical皿dish
Components
How it's built
益
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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animal horns · one (一) · floor · animal legs (儿) · eight (八) · dish (皿)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 2026

Compound words

御利益ごりやく
divine grace; divine favour; blessing; answer to a prayer; benefit
権益けんえき
(one's) interests
公益こうえき
public interest; public benefit; public good
国益こくえき
national interest
差益さえき
marginal profits
収益しゅうえき
earnings; proceeds; returns; revenue
純益じゅんえき
clear profit; net income; net profit
損益そんえき
profit and loss; advantage and disadvantage
無益むえき
useless; futile; vain
有益ゆうえき
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
利益りえき
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; good
益々ますます
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
減益げんえき
decrease in profits
増益ぞうえき
increased (profit)
受益じゅえき
benefitting by; benefiting by
不利益ふりえき
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency
公益法人こうえきほうじん
public-service corporation; charitable corporation; juridical (legal) person working for the public good
経常利益けいじょうりえき
current profits; ordinary profit; income before income taxes; ordinary income; operating income
益金えききん
profit
益虫えきちゅう
useful insect
益鳥えきちょう
beneficial bird
益友えきゆう
good friend
共益きょうえき
common benefit
稗益ひえき
benefit

Additional Examples

彼は自分の利益のために行動している。
He is acting on his own behalf.tatoeba
彼は自分の利益には敏感だ。
He is alive to his own interests.tatoeba
彼は自分の洞察力という利益を彼らに与えてやった。
He gave them the benefit of his insight.tatoeba

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Benefit. 八 (water overflowing) + 皿 (vessel) — a vessel filled to the brim. 利益 — profit.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 益

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