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利 き.く profit, advantage, benefit 3 203 7 18 かたな・りっとう 会意 Compound Ideographic In the middle ages there where only 2 ways for peasantry to make a profit. one by being a farmer, 2 to be a mercenary and live by the way of the sword.

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リ かが, と, とし, のり, み, りい 利き目(ききめ): effect; virtue; efficacy; impression権利(けんり): right; privilege勝利(しょうり): victory; triumph; conquest; success; win利益(りえき): (1) profit; gains (2) benefit; advantage; interest (of the public, etc.) (3) grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing; miracle利用(りよう): use; utilization; utilisation; application有利(ゆうり): advantageous; better; profitable; lucrative便利(べんり): convenient; handy; useful不利(ふり): disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable; unfavourable; drawback利害(りがい): advantages and disadvantages; interest利子(りし): interest (bank)利息(りそく): interest (bank)利点(りてん): advantage; point in favor; point in favour砂利(じゃり): (1) gravel; ballast; pebbles (2) child; rugrat; ankle-biter左利き(ひだりきき): left-handedness; sake drinker; left-hander利潤(りじゅん): profit; returns利口(りこう): (1) clever; intelligent; wise; bright; sharp; sensible; smart; shrewd (2) well-behaved (of kids, animals, etc); obedient; good (3) good (with words)利根(りこん): intelligence; cleverness; innate aptitude亜米利加(アメリカ): America阿弗利加(アフリカ): Africa 4 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115)刀: sword; saber; knife 刀 2 (none) profit 1. Steal a bunch of wheat from a wheat field by cutting it down with your saber. 2. ????? 3. Profit!

Kanji	利
Onyomi	リ
Kunyomi	き.く
Nanori	かが, と, とし, のり, み, りい
English	profit, advantage, benefit
Examples	利き目(ききめ): effect; virtue; efficacy; impression 権利(けんり): right; privilege 勝利(しょうり): victory; triumph; conquest; success; win 利益(りえき): (1) profit; gains (2) benefit; advantage; interest (of the public, etc.) (3) grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing; miracle 利用(りよう): use; utilization; utilisation; application 有利(ゆうり): advantageous; better; profitable; lucrative 便利(べんり): convenient; handy; useful 不利(ふり): disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable; unfavourable; drawback 利害(りがい): advantages and disadvantages; interest 利子(りし): interest (bank) 利息(りそく): interest (bank) 利点(りてん): advantage; point in favor; point in favour 砂利(じゃり): (1) gravel; ballast; pebbles (2) child; rugrat; ankle-biter 左利き(ひだりきき): left-handedness; sake drinker; left-hander 利潤(りじゅん): profit; returns 利口(りこう): (1) clever; intelligent; wise; bright; sharp; sensible; smart; shrewd (2) well-behaved (of kids, animals, etc); obedient; good (3) good (with words) 利根(りこん): intelligence; cleverness; innate aptitude 亜米利加(アメリカ): America 阿弗利加(アフリカ): Africa
JLPT Level	3
Jouyou Grade	4
Frequency	203
Components	禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 刀: sword; saber; knife
Number of Strokes	7
Kanji Radical	刀
Radical Number	18
Radical Strokes	2
Radical Reading	かたな・りっとう
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	profit
Koohii Story 1	In the middle ages there where only 2 ways for peasantry to make a profit. one by being a farmer, 2 to be a mercenary and live by the way of the sword.
Koohii Story 2	1. Steal a bunch of wheat from a wheat field by cutting it down with your saber. 2. ????? 3. Profit!

Interest Profit Advantage Bank Point Good Wheat 利