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算 そろ 予算(よさん): estimate; budget決算(けっさん): balance sheet; settlement of accounts; reporting (of accounts)計算(けいさん): (1) calculation; reckoning; count (2) forecast採算(さいさん): profit換算(かんさん): conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)算数(さんすう): arithmetic精算(せいさん): exact calculation; squaring of accounts; adjustment足し算(たしざん): addition引き算(ひきざん): subtraction掛け算(かけざん): multiplication算盤(そろばん): abacus割り算(わりざん): division暗算(あんざん): mental arithmetic 2 竹: bamboo目: eye; class; look; insight; experience; care; favor廾: twenty; 20; twenty or letter H radical (no. 55) 竹 6 (none) calculate Tip : you may see this as an Abacus, which is used to calculate. This particular ancient chinese Abacus has eyeballs in place of beads, and its frame is made of bamboo. You´d be amazed at how fast people can calculate with this, especially if they can use both hands at once to move the ... eyeballs.

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サン calculate, divining, number, abacus, probability 2 361 14 118 たけ・たけかんむり 会意 Compound Ideographic Before the time of digital calculators, people used old school calculators made of bamboo (abacus). It´s not as easy as a calculator, but you don´t need any batteries either. All you need are your eyes and your two hands.

Kanji	算
Onyomi	サン
Kunyomi	そろ
English	calculate, divining, number, abacus, probability
Examples	予算(よさん): estimate; budget 決算(けっさん): balance sheet; settlement of accounts; reporting (of accounts) 計算(けいさん): (1) calculation; reckoning; count (2) forecast 採算(さいさん): profit 換算(かんさん): conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical) 算数(さんすう): arithmetic 精算(せいさん): exact calculation; squaring of accounts; adjustment 足し算(たしざん): addition 引き算(ひきざん): subtraction 掛け算(かけざん): multiplication 算盤(そろばん): abacus 割り算(わりざん): division 暗算(あんざん): mental arithmetic
JLPT Level	2
Jouyou Grade	2
Frequency	361
Components	竹: bamboo 目: eye; class; look; insight; experience; care; favor 廾: twenty; 20; twenty or letter H radical (no. 55)
Number of Strokes	14
Kanji Radical	竹
Radical Number	118
Radical Strokes	6
Radical Reading	たけ・たけかんむり
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	calculate
Koohii Story 1	Before the time of digital calculators, people used old school calculators made of bamboo (abacus). It´s not as easy as a calculator, but you don´t need any batteries either. All you need are your eyes and your two hands.
Koohii Story 2	Tip : you may see this as an Abacus, which is used to calculate. This particular ancient chinese Abacus has eyeballs in place of beads, and its frame is made of bamboo. You´d be amazed at how fast people can calculate with this, especially if they can use both hands at once to move the ... eyeballs.

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