Kanji N3

積: volume, product (x*y), acreage

積 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning volume, product (x*y), acreage, written with 16 strokes. It is read セキ (on) and つむ, つもる, つもり (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 積極的 (せっきょくてき, positive) and 積もり (つもり, intention).

積

Meanings

  • volume
  • product (x*y)
  • acreage
  • contents
  • pile up
  • stack
  • load
  • amass
Strokes16
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#541 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • セキ

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

Kun reading
  • つむ
  • -づみ
  • つもる
  • つもり

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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Common words with 積

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

  • 積極的せっきょくてき

    positive; assertive; active; proactive

    JLPT N3
  • 積もりつもり

    intention; plan; purpose; expectation

    JLPT N4
  • 積もるつもる

    to pile up; to accumulate

    JLPT N3
  • 面積めんせき

    area (measurement); square measure

    JLPT N2
  • 積むつむ

    to pile up; to stack

    JLPT N2
  • 容積ようせき

    capacity; volume

    JLPT N2
  • 蓄積ちくせき

    accumulation; accumulate; store

    JLPT N1
  • 体積たいせき

    capacity; volume

    JLPT N2

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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.