Kanji N2

算: calculate, divining, number

算 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning calculate, divining, number, written with 14 strokes. It is read サン (on) and そろ (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 2. You will see it in 予算 (よさん, estimate) and 計算 (けいさん, calculation).

算

Meanings

  • calculate
  • divining
  • number
  • abacus
  • probability
Strokes14
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 2
Frequency#361 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • サン

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • そろ

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 14. Start at the dot.

Common words with 算

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 予算よさん

    estimate (of costs); budget

    JLPT N3
  • 計算けいさん

    calculation; computation; reckoning; counting

    JLPT N3
  • 算数さんすう

    arithmetic

    JLPT N2
  • 掛け算かけざん

    multiplication

    JLPT N2
  • 算盤そろばん

    abacus; soroban

    JLPT N2
  • 引算ひきざん

    subtraction

    JLPT N2
  • 割算わりざん

    division

    JLPT N2
  • 決算けっさん

    settlement of accounts; closing accounts

    JLPT N1

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.