Kanji N3

利: profit, advantage, benefit

利 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning profit, advantage, benefit, written with 7 strokes. It is read リ (on) and きく (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 権利 (けんり, right) and 利用 (りよう, use).

利

Meanings

  • profit
  • advantage
  • benefit
Strokes7
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#203 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • リ

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

Kun reading
  • きく

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

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Common words with 利

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

  • 権利けんり

    right; privilege

    JLPT N3
  • 利用りよう

    use; utilization; utilisation; application

    JLPT N4
  • 有利ゆうり

    advantageous; favourable; better; stronger

    JLPT N3
  • 便利べんり

    convenient; handy; useful

    JLPT N5
  • 不利ふり

    disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position

    JLPT N3
  • 利益りえき

    profit; gains

    JLPT N3
  • 利口りこう

    clever; intelligent; bright; smart; wise

    JLPT N3
  • 亜米利加アメリカ

    (United States of) America; United States; US

    JLPT N4

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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.