測 – fathom, plan, scheme

12 strokesTaught in grade 5#761 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 測 means fathom, plan, scheme, measure. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ソク (soku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is はか.る (hakaru). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ソク	soku
Kun’yomi	はか.る	hakaru

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: 水 (Kangxi radical 85). Components: 貝・目・ハ・刈・汁.

Words using 測

予測よそくprediction測るはかるto measure観測かんそくobservation測定そくていmeasurement測量そくりょうmeasurement推測すいそくguess

Example sentences

何が起こるか予測できない。

We cannot predict what will happen.

Tatoeba #188002

ジャンスキーが観測したのは銀河系の中心核からの波長14.6mの電波であった。

What Jansky had observed was the 14.6m wavelength radio wave from the Milky Way's core.

Tatoeba #74551

測定においては正確さは欠かせないものである。

Precision in measurement is a necessity.

Tatoeba #139892

Kanji with the same radical

決法治派済活海求水減演流沢消準渡

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