算 means “calculate”

さん · san

Also: divining, number, abacus

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

そろ

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

サン

Taught in grade 2 · 14 strokes

The story

Bamboo above, eyes below, and a table: the ancient abacus (算盤) was made of bamboo, clicking through calculations like rain on tiles.

Used in 計算 (keisan, calculation) and 算数 (sansuu, arithmetic)

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