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利 — 7 strokes / Radical「刀」

道
7Elementary year 4 / 7 strokes / Radical「刀」
On
リり · ri
Kun
き(く)ki(ku)
Meaning
profit; advantage; benefit

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Combines 禾 (rice plant) and 刂 (knife); a sharp blade harvesting rice gives 'sharp; useful; profit'.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onリりri利益りえき鋭利えいり勝利しょうり
Kunきくkiku利くきく左利きひだりきき口利きくちきき

Compare: 効く

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 利用りよう

    use; utilization

  • 便利べんり

    convenient

More words with this kanji

  • 勝利しょうり
  • 利益りえき
  • 利己りこ
  • 権利けんり
  • 鋭利えいり
  • 利潤りじゅん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

この道具(どうぐ)はとても便利(べんり)だ。

This tool is very convenient.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

便利利用利便conven…用to use初beginn…別separa…刀sword刃blade分to div…吏offici…李plum里villag…茘used…俐clever
CompoundRadicalReading

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