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測 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「氵」

道
6Elementary year 5 ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「氵」
On
ソクそく · soku
Kun
はか(る)haka(ru)
Meaning
to measure; fathom

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

氵 "water" plus 則 "rule"; sounding a depth by a fixed standard — hence "to measure."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onソクそくsoku測量そくりょう目測もくそく推測すいそく
Kunはかるhakaru測るはかる

Compare: 計る・量る・図る

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 測定そくてい

    measurement

  • 予測よそく

    prediction; forecast

More words with this kanji

  • 臆測おくそく
  • 揣摩憶測しまおくそく
  • 推測すいそく
  • 管窺蠡測かんきれいそく

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

木(き)の高(たか)さを測(はか)ってみた。

I tried measuring the height of the tree.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

予測測定測予before…定decide河river液liquid混to mix減to dec…準standa…則rule仄faint足foot即immedi…束bundle
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 氵Map of reading ソクAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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