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Kanji Detail for 積 - "to accumulate, product"

積

  • Meaning

    積 means "to accumulate, product." Also associated with to store.

    1. Accumulate - To pile up; to gather.

    2. Store - To save; to collect.

    3. Product - The result of multiplication.

  • Words using 積

    • 積極的 せっきょくてき Listen positive; assertive; active
    • 積極 せっきょく Listen active; positive; progressive
    • 面積 めんせき Listen area (measurement); square measure; size (of land)
    • 積ん読 つんどく Listen buying books and not reading them; stockpiling books; tsundoku
    • 累積 るいせき Listen accumulation; cumulative; accumulated
    • 集積 しゅうせき Listen accumulation
    • 蓄積 ちくせき Listen accumulation; accumulate; store
    • 上積み うわづみ Listen loading on top; piling on top; upper load

  • Four-character idioms with 積

    • 積羽沈舟 せきうちんしゅう Listen small things in sufficient quantity can have a large influence

  • Tattoo check: 積

    • Verified meaning: to accumulate, product
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あつ, しげる, せき, つとむ)
    • Also carries these associations: to store

    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 積

    Given names 積(あつ)Listen 積(しげる)Listen 積(せき)Listen 積(つとむ)Listen 積(つもる)Listen

    Surnames 積(つみ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    volume; product (x*y); acreage; contents; pile up; stack; load; amass

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    accumulate, store up, amass

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to amass; to accumulate; to store up; (math.) product (the result of multiplication); (TCM) constipation; indigestion

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to store up, to amass, to accumulate

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

    To accumulate. Such as saying accumulating little makes much. | To pile up. Such as saying piled up like a mountain. | Long duration is called 積. Such as saying accumulated years, accumulated generations. | In mathematics, the product of multiplication is called 積. Such as area, volume. Also the abbreviation for integral calculus. Such as differentiation and integration. | A noun for heaps. Such as grain stalks piled together. Commonly called 柴積.

  • Onyomi

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    seki(セキ) セキ

  • Kunyomi

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    du.mi(でゅ-み) でゅ-み

    tsu.mori(つ-もり) つ-もり

    tsu.moru(つ-もる) つ-もる

    tsu.mu(つむ) つむ

  • Strokes

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    16 strokes

  • Radical

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    禾 (nogi・nogihen)

  • Related Keywords

    accumulate store product collect estimate multiply pile up plan amass gather heap hoard increase stack save aggregate

Sentences including 積

  • That student is very active.

  • I've got too much to do.

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