JLPT N4 · 9 strokes
Kanji 計: "plot, plan, scheme"
The kanji 計 means "plot, plan, scheme, measure". It is written with 9 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N4, read ケイ in on'yomi and はか.る, はか.らう 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)
ケイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
はか.るはか.らう
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 | plot, plan, scheme, measure |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 9 |
| JLPT level | N4 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 2 |
| Frequency rank | 228 of 2,501 |
Common words with 計
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 余計extra; more; too much; too many · unnecessary; needless; uncalled-for; unwanted
- 計画plan; project; schedule; scheme
- 時計clock; watch; timepiece
- 計算calculation; computation; reckoning; counting · consideration; calculation; estimation; expectation
- 計るto measure; to weigh; to survey; to time (sound, gauge, estimate) · to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
- 見計らうto choose at one's own discretion · to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
- 設計plan; design; layout
- 合計sum total; total amount
- 計plan · meter; measuring device
- 腕時計wristwatch; watch
- 余計なお世話none of your business; not your concern
- 会計accounting; finance; account; reckoning · bill (at a restaurant); check
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