掛かけ算ざん

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

The arithmetic operation of multiplication. Used in mathematical contexts and everyday calculation.

小しょう学がく生せいは掛かけ算ざんの九く九くを覚おぼえる。
Elementary school students memorize the multiplication tables.
この問もん題だいは掛かけ算ざんで解とけます。
This problem can be solved by multiplication.

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Usage patterns

掛かけ算ざんをするto do multiplication
子こ供どもに掛かけ算ざんをさせて練れん習しゅうさせた。
I had the child practice by doing multiplication.
掛かけ算ざんを覚おぼえるto memorize multiplication (tables)
小しょう学がく2年ねん生せいで掛かけ算ざんを覚おぼえる。
Second graders memorize their multiplication tables.
掛かけ算ざんの問もん題だいを解とくto solve a multiplication problem
テストで掛かけ算ざんの問もん題だいを解といた。
I solved multiplication problems on the test.

Kanji

掛hang, suspend, depend
算calculate, divining, number

Related words

九く九く
九九 refers specifically to the memorized 1×1–9×9 multiplication table (often chanted), while 掛け算 is the general term for the operation of multiplication itself.
乗じょう
掛け算 is the everyday word for multiplication, while 乗 is the more formal, technical term seen in compounds like 乗法.

Opposites

割わり算ざんN3
割り算 (division) is the inverse arithmetic operation to 掛け算 (multiplication).

Counted with

回かいN4
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Built from

かける+算さん

Written forms

掛かけ算ざんUsage38%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
かけ算ざんUsage56%
Mixed kana-kanji spelling, often used in educational contexts or for readability.
掛かけ算ざんUsage3%
Simplified kanji variant, less common but still seen.
かけざんUsage3%

Etymology

Compound of 掛け (kake, 'multiplying') + 算 (san, 'calculation'). The kanji 掛 carries a sense of 'applying' or 'multiplying' in this context.