積
積 — Volume
volume, product (x*y), acreage, contents, pile up, stack
On’yomiセキ (seki)
Kun’yomiつむ (tsumu)
Kun’yomi-づみ (zumi)
Kun’yomiつもる (tsumoru)
Kun’yomiつもり (tsumori)
Stroke order (16 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 積
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 積極的 | せっきょくてき sekkyokuteki | positive; assertive; active |
| 積極 | せっきょく sekkyoku | active; positive; progressive |
| 面積 | めんせき menseki | area (measurement); square measure; size (of land) |
| 積ん読 | つんどく tsundoku | buying books and not reading them; stockpiling books; tsundoku |
| 累積 | るいせき ruiseki | accumulation; cumulative; accumulated |
| 集積 | しゅうせき shuuseki | accumulation |
Study notes
積 is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 16 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 4), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #541 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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