益
Stroke order
Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Origin of the character
会意。「水」＋「皿」。（水嵩などが）「ます」「ふえる」を意味する漢語｛益｝を表す字。「溢」の旁とは由来が異なる。
Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.
Meaning
benefit, gain, profit, advantage
English glosses from KANJIDIC2.
Readings
- On (Sino-Japanese)
- エキElem.
- ヤクHS
- Kun (native)
- ま(す)
- Nanori (used in names)
- まし
- ます
- Other languages
- 拼音yi4
- 한글ig
- Hán-ViệtÍch
Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.
Basics
- Strokes
- 10 strokes
- Radical
- 皿(さら)
- JIS level
- Level 1
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Unicode
U+76CA
Components
Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.
Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿳䒑八皿
Words using this kanji
- 益えき人や世の中の役に立つこと。ためになること。 利益。もうけ。benefit, use, good, advantage
- 益々ますますincreasingly, more and more, decreasingly, less and less
- 益金えききんprofit
- 益虫えきちゅう害虫を捕食したり、花粉を運び受粉を助けたりするなど人の生活に有益な昆虫類。useful insect
- 益鳥えきちょう害虫を捕食し、作物に害を及ぼさないなど人の生活に有益な鳥類。beneficial bird
- 益友えきゆうgood friend, useful friend
- 益智やくちbitter seeded cardamon
- 益人ますひとpeople, subjects, populace
- 益獣えきじゅうanimal beneficial to humans
- 益税えきぜいprofits tax, proportion of consumption tax retained by manufacturers or retailers
- 益体やくたいusefulness, utility, being orderly, being proper
- 益するえきする（「～に益する」の形または「～を益する」の形で）～にとって役に立つ。～にとって利益となる。to benefit (the world, society, etc.), to be of use to, to be of service to
- 益回りえきまわりearnings yield, after-tax earnings per share divided by the stock price
- 益者三友えきしゃさんゆうthree kinds of beneficial friends: straightforward, sincere, and well-informed ones
- 益荒猛男ますらたけおbrave and stalwart man
- 益体もないやくたいもないuseless, worthless, silly, trivial
- 益荒男振りますらおぶりmanly poetic style (e.g. in the Man'yōshū)
- 益々もってますますもってincreasingly, more and more, decreasingly (when declining), less and less
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
Lookup codes
- SKIP
2-3-7- Four Corner
8010.7- Spahn–Hadamitzky
2o8.5- Heisig
- 2026
- Nelson
- 597