Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N3

203 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: profit, advantage, benefit

Kunyomi: き.く

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: りっとう

Meaning: knife, sword

Strokes: 2

Examples

Examples with audio

点(りてん)   advantage, point in favor

益(りえき)   benefit, profit, gain [n.]

害(りがい)   advantages and disadvantages interest

息(りそく)   interest

(けんり)   right, privilege

口な(りこうな)   clever, shrewd, bright, sharp

便な(べんりな)   convenient, handy, useful

な(ゆうりな)   advantageous, profitable

用する(りようする)   use, utilize, apply

する(しょうりする)   triumph, succeed, be victorious

く(きく)   be effective

き(ひだりきき)   left handed

Onyomi Examples

advantage, benefit, profit, interest

上げ リアゲ increase in interest rates

テイリ low interest rate

スイリ utilization of water, water supply, irrigation, water transportation, navigability (e.g. of a river)

Kunyomi Examples

効く きく to be effective, to take effect, to be good (for), to work, to function well, to be possible (to do, use, etc.), to be able to, to taste (alcohol), to try