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Kanji Detail for 計 - "to plan, to calculate, gauge"

計

  • Meaning

    計 means "to plan, to calculate, gauge."

    1. To count - To measure; to examine numbers.

    2. To plan - To scheme; to devise.

    3. Plan - Strategy; calculation.

    4. Gauge - Something for measuring quantities.

    5. About - Approximately; indicating extent or range.

    6. Only - Just; merely.

  • Words using 計

    • 計画 けいかく Listen plan; project; schedule
    • 合計 ごうけい Listen sum total; total amount
    • 設計 せっけい Listen plan; design; layout
    • 統計 とうけい Listen statistics
    • 計算 けいさん Listen calculation; computation; reckoning
    • 会計 かいけい Listen accounting; finance; account
    • 集計 しゅうけい Listen totalization; totalisation; aggregation
    • 家計 かけい Listen household economy; family finances

  • Four-character idioms with 計

    • 三十六計 さんじゅうろっけい Listen the 36 (ancient Chinese military) strategies (of which the last resort was said to be beating a retreat)

  • Tattoo check: 計

    • Verified meaning: to plan, to calculate, gauge
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かずえ, かずし, かづさ, けい)

    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 計

    Given names 計(かずえ)Listen 計(かずし)Listen 計(かづさ)Listen 計(けい)Listen 計(はかる)Listen

    Surnames 計(はかり)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    plot; plan; scheme; measure

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    plan, plot; stratagem; scheme

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Ji

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to calculate, to count; to plan, to reckon; plot, scheme

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

    To calculate. All gathering matters and examining their quantity is called 計. Such as 統計 (statistics), 會計 (accounting). Therefore account books are called 計. In the Han era when recruiting scholars, they would accompany the 計 clerk. Meaning traveling with the account-reporting clerk. In the imperial examination era, the metropolitan exam was called 計偕, based on this. | Evaluating officials is called 計. Such as 大計 (grand evaluation). | To plan. Such as saying 得計 (succeeding in one's plan).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kei(ケイ) ケイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    haka.rau(はか-らう) はか-らう

    haka.ru(はか-る) はか-る

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    言 (gen・gomben・kotoba)

  • Related Keywords

    to plan to calculate gauge about instrument only meter measure count scheme strategy total compute devise estimate tally clock watch

Sentences including 計

  • I don't know where my watch is.

  • Money for the plan was lacking.

  • He is neither for nor against the plan.

  • He will get nowhere with his plans.

  • Your watch is on the desk.

  • He opposed the plan to the last.

  • We discussed the plan yesterday.

  • What is the price of this watch?

  • You ought to have adopted his plan.

  • They are in favor of the plan.

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