Onyomi: ケイ · Kunyomi: はか.らう, はか.る · Meanings: measure, plan, plot, scheme
Kanji for measure, plan, plot, scheme
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The kanji 計 combines the “speech” radical (言) with the character for “measure” (十＋一), symbolizing measuring or planning through words. In ancient times, it represented calculating, planning, or thinking carefully. 計 came to mean measure, plan, or calculate, capturing thought, strategy, and communication.
Words used for measuring — 計 means plan, measure, or calculate.
Imagine speaking and calculating carefully to make a plan — that’s 計, the kanji for measuring and planning.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 計 | けい | plan | common Noun, Noun, used as a suffix |
| 捗 | はか | progress | Noun |
| 計画 | けいかく | plan, project, schedule, scheme, program, programme | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 計算 | けいさん | calculation, computation, reckoning, counting, adding up, working out, figures | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 計る | はかる | to measure, to weigh, to survey, to time (sound, gauge, estimate) | common JLPT-N3 JLPT-N2 Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb |
| 計器 | けいき | meter, gauge | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 計上 | けいじょう | including (a cost) in a total calculation, appropriating (a sum of money), recording, allocating, booking | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 計画的 | けいかくてき | planned, scheduled, systematic | common Na-adjective (keiyodoshi) |
| 計量 | けいりょう | measuring, weighing | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 計り知れない | はかりしれない | unfathomable, inestimable, immeasurable | common Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), I-adjective (keiyoushi) |