計 · measure, plan

JLPT N4 kanji. Readings, meaning, and how the character is built.

計 means measure, plan. It is a JLPT N4 kanji written in 9 strokes, read はかる or けい. It is built from 2 parts: 言 (say, word), 十 (ten). It appears in 時計 (a watch) and 計画 (plan / project / schedule).

筆順 · Stroke order

計 is written in 9 strokes, in the order numbered below. Order matters: it is what makes handwriting legible, and it is how the character is looked up in a paper dictionary.

解字 · What it is made of

計 breaks into 2 parts.

• 言 semantic say, word · left carries the meaning
• 十 other ten · right component

Words that use 計

Word	Reading	Meaning
時計	とけい	a watch
計画	けいかくする	plan / project / schedule
統計	とうけい	statistics

Built from the same parts

These use 言 or 十 too. The part keeps its job from one character to the next, which is what makes it worth learning once.

• 読to read
• 話to speak
• 記record
• 語language
• 千thousand
• 直to fix
• 早early
• 阜hill

Practise 計

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