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Kanji Detail for 算 - "number, to count, counting sticks"

算

  • Meaning

    算 means "number, to count, counting sticks."

    1. Number - Count of things.

    2. To count - To enumerate things.

    3. Counting sticks - Abacus; calculating tools.

    4. To calculate - Plan; strategy; scheme; projection.

    5. Age - Lifespan; years of life.

  • Words using 算

    • 予算 よさん Listen estimate (of costs); budget
    • 決算 けっさん Listen settlement of accounts; closing accounts; financial results
    • 通算 つうさん Listen total; sum; aggregate
    • 計算 けいさん Listen calculation; computation; reckoning
    • 補正予算 ほせいよさん Listen revised budget; supplementary budget
    • 公算 こうさん Listen probability; likelihood
    • 概算 がいさん Listen approximation; rough estimate; ballpark figure
    • 試算 しさん Listen trial calculation; preliminary calculation; estimation

  • Four-character idioms with 算

    • 無理算段 むりさんだん Listen scraping together (a sum of money); raising (a sum of money) by straining one's credit
    • 神機妙算 しんきみょうさん Listen inscrutable stratagem; ingenious scheme
    • 神算鬼謀 しんさんきぼう Listen inscrutable stratagem; ingenious scheme
    • 粉飾決算 ふんしょくけっさん Listen fraudulent accounting; window-dressing settlement of accounts; creative accounting

  • Tattoo check: 算

    • Verified meaning: number, to count, counting sticks
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かぞえ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 算

    Surnames 算(かぞえ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    calculate; divining; number; abacus; probability

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    count, calculate, figure; plan

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to calculate, to count; to figure, to plan

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Number of things. Such as saying without number means 無算. | Calculating the quantity is called 算. Its method is called 算術. Also called 算學 (mathematics). | To plan. Such as colloquially saying 打算 (plan), 算計 (calculate).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    san(サン) サン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    soro(そろ) そろ

  • Strokes

    tip

    14 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    竹 (take・takekammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    number to count counting sticks abacus age life span planning calculation computation arithmetic compute estimate evaluate math reckon determine assess

Sentences including 算

  • He is very mercenary.

  • I am sure of success.

  • How much would you want to pay for the tour?

  • He checked out of the hotel.

  • If i pay you a dollar , we'll be even.

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