測 means “measure, survey”

はかる · hakaru

Also: fathom, plan, scheme

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

はかる

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ソク

Taught in grade 5 · 12 strokes

The story

Water (氵) alongside rules and standards (則): measuring the depth of rivers and seas. Japan's 測量 (sokuryou, surveying) tradition reaches back to the legendary cartographer Inō Tadataka, who walked the entire coastline of Japan in the early 1800s to create the first accurate map. 測定 (sokutei, measurement) is the foundation of all science.

Used in 測定 (sokutei, measurement), 観測 (kansoku, observation), and 予測 (yosoku, prediction)

Words with 測

• 測定 (そくてい, sokutei): measurement
• 予測 (よそく, yosoku): prediction / forecast

Example sentences

• 温度を測定しました。 I measured the temperature.
• 天気を予測します。 I will predict the weather.

Kanji that look like 測

• 側 (side): 測 has 氵 (water): measuring water depth; 側 has 亻 (person): the side of a person

More from Measurement & Size

• 少 few
• 倍 double
• 満 full
• 大 big
• 小 small
• 短 short
• 広 wide
• 狭 narrow
• 重 heavy
• 軽 light (weight)
• 深 deep
• 浅 shallow

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