積 – volume, product (x*y), acreage

16 strokesTaught in grade 4#541 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 積 means volume, product (x*y), acreage, contents, pile up, stack, load, amass. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is セキ (seki); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is つ.む、-づ.み、つ.もる、つ.もり (tsumu, zumi, tsumoru, tsumori). It is written with 16 strokes, under radical 禾 (no. 115).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	セキ	seki
Kun’yomi	つ.む	tsumu
Kun’yomi	-づ.み	zumi
Kun’yomi	つ.もる	tsumoru
Kun’yomi	つ.もり	tsumori

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 禾 (Kangxi radical 115). Components: 禾・貝・目・ハ・土・亠・二.

Words using 積

積むつむto pile up積極的せっきょくてきpositive積もるつもるto pile up体積たいせきcapacity面積めんせきarea (measurement)容積ようせきcapacity蓄積ちくせきaccumulation見積もりみつもりestimate

Example sentences

流しの横にお皿を積んでおいてくだされば、後で私が洗います。

If you stack the dishes up by the sink, I'll do them later.

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その船は武器をいっぱいに積んでいた。

The ship was stowed with arms.

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彼は幅広い経験を積んでいる人だ。

He is a man of wide experience.

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Kanji with the same radical

私税移種程科秋秀秘称秒稲稼秩稿穏

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