N4 kanji · 9 strokes
計 means measure, plan
計
言 to say · 十 ten
計Real origin
Saying (言) the numbers up to ten (十): to count, to measure.
Real origin: where the kanji comes from, as far as scholars agree.
Meaning and readings
- Meanings
- plot, plan, scheme, measure
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 2 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) はかる hakaru
はかる (hakaru) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
Other Japanese readings: はからう hakarau
From Chinese (onyomi) ケイ kei
ケイ (kei) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
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Common word
時計 とけい · tokei
clock, watch
Built from
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Quick check
What does 計 mean?
Right: 計 means measure, plan.Not quite: 計 means measure, plan.In 時計, which reading does 計 use?
Right. 時計 is read とけい (tokei): 計 takes ケイ, its reading from Chinese.Not quite. 時計 is read とけい (tokei): 計 takes ケイ, its reading from Chinese.