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算 — 14 strokes ／ Radical「竹」

道
9Elementary year 2 ／ 14 strokes ／ Radical「竹」
On
サンさん · san
Kun
—
Meaning
to calculate

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Long ago, people counted with bamboo sticks — so 算 wears the bamboo crown.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onサンさんsan算数さんすう計算けいさん予算よさん

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 算数さんすう

    arithmetic

  • 計算けいさん

    calculation

More words with this kanji

  • 計算式けいさんしき

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

算数(さんすう)が すきです。

I like arithmetic.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 竹Map of reading サンAll maps

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