益

benefit; gain; profit; advantage

10 strokes. Taught in grade 5. Newspaper frequency rank 674.

Readings

• エキ (on reading): 利益 (りえき) profit; 収益 (しゅうえき) earnings
• ヤク (on reading): 御利益 (ごりやく) divine grace; 益智 (やくち) bitter seeded cardamon
• ます (kun reading)

Components

• 八
• 皿
• 一 radical one
• ハ radical eight, katakana ha
• 丷 radical horns, inverted eight
• 皿 radical dish

Kanji containing 益

• 溢 overflow
• 隘 narrow
• 縊 strangle
• 謚 laughing
• 鎰 unit of weight
• 鷁 waterfowl which flies high but not against the wind

Words using 益

• 利益 (りえき) profit
• 収益 (しゅうえき) earnings
• 有益 (ゆうえき) beneficial
• 公益財団法人 (こうえきざいだんほうじん) public interest incorporated foundation
• 収益化 (しゅうえきか) monetization
• 御利益 (ごりやく) divine grace
• 益智 (やくち) bitter seeded cardamon
• 現世利益 (げんせりやく) benefits gained in this world through observance of the Buddhist teachings
• 益体もない (やくたいもない) useless
• 益体 (やくたい) usefulness
• 益荒猛男 (ますらたけお) brave and stalwart man
• 天の益人 (あまのますひと) people
• 益人 (ますひと) people
• 多々益々弁ず (たたますますべんず) the busier you are, the better you work
• 老いては益々壮んなるべし (おいてはますますさかんなるべし) man flourishes with age

152 words in all.

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