計 – JLPT N4 Kanji, Kanji for measure, plan, plot, scheme

計

Strokes: 9

Meanings: measure, plan, plot, scheme
Onyomi: ケイ
Kunyomi: はか.る
Name Readings: え, かず, け
JLPT: N4
Grade: 2
Frequency: -
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Story

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.

Short Story

Words used for measuring — 計 means plan, measure, or calculate.

Mnemonic

Imagine speaking and calculating carefully to make a plan — that’s 計, the kanji for measuring and planning.

Vocabulary Examples

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)

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Example Sentences

Example #1

時間を計ります。

じかんをはかります

jikan o hakarimasu

I measure the time.

Example #2

時計を見ます。

とけいをみます

tokei o mimasu

I look at the clock.

Example #3

計画を立てます。

けいかくをたてます

keikaku o tatemasu

I make a plan.

Example #4

合計はいくらですか。

ごうけいはいくらですか

goukei wa ikura desu ka

What is the total?

Example #5

予算を計算します。

よさんをけいさんします

yosan o keisan shimasu

I calculate the budget.

Example #6

時計の針を見て時間を計ります。

とけいのはりをみてじかんをはかります

tokei no hari o mite jikan o hakarimasu

I measure the time by looking at the clock hands.

Example #7

旅行の計画を作ります。

りょこうのけいかくをつくります

ryokou no keikaku o tsukurimasu

I make a travel plan.

Example #8

合計点を計算してください。

ごうけいてんをけいさんしてください

goukei ten o keisan shite kudasai

Please calculate the total score.

Example #9

時間を計るのは大事です。

じかんをはかるのはだいじです

jikan o hakaru no wa daiji desu

Measuring time is important.

Example #10

計画通りに進めます。

けいかくどおりにすすめます

keikaku doori ni susumemasu

I proceed according to the plan.

Example #11

時計を買いました。

とけいをかいました

tokei o kaimashita

I bought a watch.

Example #12

予算を計画します。

よさんをけいかくします

yosan o keikaku shimasu

I plan the budget.

Example #13

合計金額を計算しました。

ごうけいきんがくをけいさんしました

goukei kingaku o keisan shimashita

I calculated the total amount.

Example #14

計画を確認してください。

けいかくをかくにんしてください

keikaku o kakunin shite kudasai

Please check the plan.

Example #15

時計で時間を計ってください。

とけいでじかんをはかってください

tokei de jikan o hakatte kudasai

Please measure the time with the clock.

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Kanji Info

Kanji: 計

JLPT: n4

Strokes: 9

Grade: 2

Unicode: 8A08

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