測
gauge; fathom; plan; scheme; measure
12 strokes. Taught in grade 5. Newspaper frequency rank 761.
Readings
- ソク (on reading): 観測 (かんそく) observation; 推測 (すいそく) guess
- はかる (kun reading): 熱を測る (ねつをはかる) to check someone's temperature; 測りかねる (はかりかねる) to find difficult to guess
Components
- 氵
- 則
- ハ radical eight, katakana ha
- ⺉ radical knife, right-side form of 刀
- ⺡ radical water, left-side form of 水
- 目 radical eye
- 貝 radical shell; money
Words using 測
- 観測 (かんそく) observation
- 推測 (すいそく) guess
- 予測 (よそく) prediction
- 測定 (そくてい) measurement
- 計測 (けいそく) measuring
- 熱を測る (ねつをはかる) to check someone's temperature
- 測りかねる (はかりかねる) to find difficult to guess
172 words in all.