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算

Calculate
Stroke count: 14

Readings

On readingサン
Kun readingかぞ.える
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 2Level 10

Verbs with «算»

計算する算出する加算する算定する換算する起算する合算する

Meanings

  1. calculateRtK
    彼は自分の行為の結果がどうなるかを計算した。He calculated the consequences of his action.tatoeba
  2. abacus
  3. divining
  4. number
  5. probability
  1. calculation
  2. computation

Popular Usage

計算算数算盤掛け算暗算換算決算

Radicals and components

Radical竹bamboo
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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bamboo (竹) · eye (目) · two hands

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1017

Compound words

計算けいさん
calculation; computation; reckoning; counting; adding up
算数さんすう
arithmetic; calculation
算盤そろばん
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
掛け算かけざん
multiplication
計算するけいさんする
to calculate
換算かんさん
conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)
決算けっさん
settlement of accounts; closing accounts; financial results; reporting (of accounts)
演算えんざん
operation; calculation
加算かさん
addition; adding; supplement
概算がいさん
approximation; rough estimate; ballpark figure
誤算ごさん
miscalculation
公算こうさん
probability; likelihood
採算さいさん
profit
算出さんしゅつ
calculation; computation
算定さんてい
calculation; estimation; computation
試算しさん
trial calculation; preliminary calculation; estimation
珠算しゅざん
calculation on an abacus
清算せいさん
(financial) settlement; squaring accounts; clearing debts; liquidation; ending (a relationship)
精算せいさん
exact calculation; squaring of accounts; adjustment
積算せきさん
addition; adding up; integration; estimate; quantity survey
通算つうさん
total; sum; aggregate
予算よさん
estimate (of costs); budget
成算せいさん
hope of success; prospects of success
総決算そうけっさん
complete financial statement; summing up; concluding

Additional Examples

欲しいのはやまやまだが予算がない。
We'd really like one, but we just don't have the money.tatoeba
彼は精算をしてホテルを出た。
He checked out of the hotel.tatoeba
彼は死んで罪を清算した。
He committed suicide to atone for his sin.tatoeba
大津絵、大津算盤などが名物となる。
Otsu paintings and Otsu abacus became its local specialities.wiki

Stroke Order

14 strokes

Calculate. 竹 (bamboo) + 目 + 廾 (hands) — hands moving bamboo counting sticks.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 算

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step