Onyomi: セキ · Kunyomi: -づ.み, つ.む, つ.もり, つ.もる · Meanings: acreage, amass, contents, load, pile up, product (x*y), stack, volume
Kanji for acreage, amass, contents, load, pile up
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積 is made from 禾, meaning “grain” or “plants,” and 責, which carries the idea of responsibility or gathering something important. Grain is collected little by little and stored carefully over time. As more grain is gathered, it piles up into a large amount. From this image, 積 came to mean to pile up, accumulate, or stack things over time.
積 shows grain being gathered again and again until it forms a large pile.
Imagine slowly adding grain to a storage pile, watching it grow higher each time. That growing pile is 積.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 積 | せき | product | common Noun |
| 積もり | つもり | intention, plan, purpose, expectation | common JLPT-N4 JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 積極的 | せっきょくてき | positive, assertive, active, proactive, aggressive | common JLPT-N3 Na-adjective (keiyodoshi) |
| 積もる | つもる | to pile up, to accumulate | common JLPT-N3 Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 積む | つむ | to pile up, to stack | common JLPT-N2 Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb |
| 積み木 | つみき | wooden building blocks, wooden bricks, playing with building blocks | Noun |
| 積み込む | つみこむ | to load (with goods, cargo), to put on board, to stow aboard | common Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb |
| 積み荷 | つみに | load, freight, cargo | Noun |
| 積み重ねる | つみかさねる | to pile up, to accumulate | Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |
| 積み上げる | つみあげる | to pile up, to make a heap, to lay (e.g. bricks) | Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |