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Kotomora

計

plot, plan, scheme, measure

JLPTN4StatusJōyō · grade 2FrequencyTop 500Strokes9

Readings

On'yomi

  • ケイ

Kun'yomi

  • はか.る
  • はか.らう

Nanori

  • え
  • かず
  • け

Meaning

計 centers on deliberate mental activity: plotting, planning, or scheming, and the act of measuring or calculating that supports such planning.

Most common words using 計

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  • 計画けいかく
    N4

    plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme

  • 設計せっけい
    N3

    plan; design; layout

  • 計算けいさん
    N4

    calculation; computation; reckoning; counting; adding up; working out; figures

  • 時計とけい
    N5

    clock; watch; timepiece

  • 計けい
    N3

    plan

  • 合計ごうけい
    N3

    sum total; total amount

  • 余計よけい
    N2

    extra; more; too much; too many; excessive; superfluous; spare; surplus

  • 統計とうけい
    N2

    statistics

  • 会計かいけい
    N3

    accounting; finance; account; reckoning

  • 累計るいけい

    cumulative total; accumulated total; total up to now

  • 計るはかる
    N4

    to measure; to weigh; to survey; to time (sound, gauge, estimate)

  • 腕時計うでどけい
    N1

    wristwatch; watch

  • 集計しゅうけい
    N1

    totalization; totalisation; aggregation; tally (e.g. of votes); adding up; summing up

  • 計測けいそく

    measuring; measurement

  • 家計かけい
    N1

    household economy; family finances

  • 会計士かいけいし
    N2

    accountant

  • 計上けいじょう

    including (a cost) in a total calculation; appropriating (a sum of money); recording; allocating; booking

  • 生計せいけい
    N1

    livelihood; living

  • 推計すいけい

    estimate; estimation

  • 計量けいりょう

    measuring; weighing

  • 総計そうけい

    total; sum total; total amount

  • 計器けいき
    N1

    meter; gauge

  • 砂時計すなどけい

    hourglass; sandglass

  • 会計検査院かいけいけんさいん

    Board of Audit

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Etymology

計 combines 言 (words, speech) with 十, which likely represents a counting or calculating tool, suggesting the idea of measuring or planning through words or numbers.

Meaning mnemonic

Words (言) and a counting rod (十) come together: someone is talking through a plan while measuring and calculating. That's plotting and scheming.

Reading mnemonic

For ケイ, imagine a clever plotter named Kay who measures every detail: Kay -> ケイ, and her words (言) and calculations (十) are always precise.