I Love Kanji測る (hakaru)
測る (はかる, hakaru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to measure; to weigh”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- はかる
- Romaji
- hakaru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to measure; to weigh; to survey; to time (sound, gauge, estimate) · godan verb, transitive
- to conjecture; to infer; to surmise · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
優れた教育の価値は金銭でははかれない。
The value of a good education cannot be measured in terms of money.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 測る
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 測る | はかる hakaru |
| Polite (~masu) | 測ります | はかります hakarimasu |
| Negative | 測らない | はからない hakaranai |
| Polite negative | 測りません | はかりません hakarimasen |
| Past | 測った | はかった hakatta |
| Polite past | 測りました | はかりました hakarimashita |
| Negative past | 測らなかった | はからなかった hakaranakatta |
| Te-form | 測って | はかって hakatte |
| Potential | 測れる | はかれる hakareru |
| Passive | 測られる | はかられる hakarareru |
| Causative | 測らせる | はからせる hakaraseru |
| Volitional | 測ろう | はかろう hakarou |
| Imperative | 測れ | はかれ hakare |
| Conditional (~ba) | 測れば | はかれば hakareba |
Kanji in 測る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 測る.
Source: JMdict entry 1600650 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.