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績 — Exploits

JLPT N217 strokesGrade 5#820 most used
exploits, achievements, unreeling cocoons
On’yomiセキ (seki)
Kun’yomi

Stroke order (17 strokes)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).

Common words using 績

WordReadingMeaning
実績じっせき
jisseki
achievements; actual results; accomplishments
業績ぎょうせき
gyouseki
achievement; performance; results
成績せいせき
seiseki
results; record; grades
功績こうせき
kouseki
achievement; meritorious deed; distinguished service
好成績こうせいせき
kouseiseki
good results
紡績ぼうせき
bouseki
spinning (textiles); spun yarn

Study notes

績 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 17 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 5), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #820 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).

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