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積

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

JLPTN3StatusJōyō · grade 4FrequencyTop 1,000Strokes16

Readings

On'yomi

  • セキ

Kun'yomi

  • つ.む
  • -づ.み
  • つ.もる
  • つ.もり

Nanori

  • か
  • さか
  • しゃこ
  • ずみ
  • つみ

Meaning

積 centers on accumulation: piling things up, stacking, loading, or amassing. The mathematical and spatial senses (volume, product, acreage, contents) are natural extensions of this idea of gathered quantity.

Most common words using 積

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  • 積もりつもり
    N4

    intention; plan; purpose; expectation

  • 積極せっきょく
    N3

    active; positive; progressive

  • 積むつむ
    N3

    to pile up; to stack

  • 面積めんせき
    N3

    area (measurement); square measure; size (of land); floor space

  • 蓄積ちくせき
    N1

    accumulation; accumulate; store

  • 積み重ねつみかさね

    pile; accumulation

  • 集積しゅうせき

    accumulation

  • 見積もりみつもり
    N1

    estimate; estimation; valuation; quotation

  • 積もるつもる
    N4

    to pile up; to accumulate

  • 積せき

    product

  • 積雪せきせつ
    N1

    fallen snow; snow cover

  • 積載せきさい

    loading; carrying

  • 累積るいせき

    accumulation

  • 体積たいせき
    N2

    capacity; volume

  • 積立つみたて
    N1

    saving; savings; accumulation; putting aside; reserving

  • 堆積たいせき
    N1

    accumulation; pile; heap

  • 容積ようせき
    N2

    capacity; volume

  • 積算せきさん

    addition; adding up

  • 山積さんせき
    N1

    piling up; accumulating; forming a (huge) pile; lying in piles

  • 積み重ねるつみかさねる

    to pile up; to accumulate

  • 上積みうわづみ

    loading on top; piling on top; upper load; goods loaded on top; deck cargo

  • 積み込むつみこむ

    to load (with goods, cargo); to put on board; to stow aboard

  • 積極的せっきょくてき
    N3

    positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive

  • 積ん読つんどく

    buying books and not reading them; stockpiling books; tsundoku

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Etymology

積 combines 禾 (grain) with 責, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of piling or accumulating. The original sense may have been gathering harvested grain into stacks.

Meaning mnemonic

Grain 禾 piled up under a roof-like 責 shape: imagine a barn filled with stacked sacks of rice, accumulating volume and weight.

Reading mnemonic

For セキ, picture a stack of grain so high it blocks the sun, creating a shadowy 'seki' (セキ) corner. The piled-up grain casts a dark seki-shaped shadow.