計
plot, plan, scheme, measure
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
24 of 712- 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
Study
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.