益 — kanji meaning “benefit”
益
benefit, gain, profit, advantage
- Meanings
- benefit, gain, profit, advantage
- On'yomi
- エキ (eki)、ヤク (yaku)
- Kun'yomi
- ま.す
- Name readings
- まし、ます
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 5
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #674 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 108
- Chinese reading
- yì — Chinese character page
Words with 益
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 利益 | りえき rieki | profit; gains |
| 有益 | ゆうえき yuueki | beneficial; profitable; useful |
| 収益 | しゅうえき shuueki | earnings; proceeds; returns |
| 不利益 | ふりえき furieki | disadvantage; handicap; drawback |
| 公益 | こうえき koueki | public interest; public benefit; public good |
| 損益 | そんえき son'eki | profit and loss; advantage and disadvantage |
| 国益 | こくえき kokueki | national interest |
| 権益 | けんえき ken'eki | rights and interests (esp. those a country holds abroad) |
| 無益 | むえき mueki | useless; futile; vain |
| 減益 | げんえき gen'eki | decrease in profits |
| 受益 | じゅえき jueki | benefitting by; benefiting by |
| 増益 | ぞうえき zoueki | increased (profit) |
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