JLPT N2 · 14 strokes
Kanji 算: "calculate, divining, number"
The kanji 算 means "calculate, divining, number, abacus, probability". It is written with 14 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N2, read サン in on'yomi and そろ in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
サン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
そろ
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | calculate, divining, number, abacus, probability |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 14 |
| JLPT level | N2 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 2 |
| Frequency rank | 361 of 2,501 |
Common words with 算
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 計算calculation; computation; reckoning; counting · consideration; calculation; estimation; expectation
- 予算estimate (of costs); budget
- 算段trying to think of a way (to do); devising means (to do); working out (how to do) · contriving (to raise money); managing
- 勝算prospects of victory; chances of success
- 誤算miscalculation
- 打算calculation; self-interest; selfishness
- 清算(financial) settlement; squaring accounts; clearing debts · liquidation
- 演算operation; calculation
- 換算conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)
- 算数arithmetic · calculation
- 加算addition; adding; supplement
- 目算rough estimate; rough calculation · expectation; anticipation; plan
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