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益
Meanings
Benefit, Gain, Profit, Advantage
Radicals
水
皿
Decomposition
⿱水皿
Etymology
Ideographic: A container 皿 overflowing with water 水
Writing Practice
Stroke
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Stroke Order
1
dot
right-to-left
2
diagonal
right-to-left
3
horizontal
bottom-to-top
4
diagonal
bottom-right-to-top-left
5
diagonal
bottom-right-to-top-left
6
vertical
bottom-right-to-top-left
7
corner
bottom-to-top
8
vertical
bottom-right-to-top-left
9
vertical
bottom-right-to-top-left
10
horizontal
bottom-to-top
On'yomi
(Chinese reading)
ヤク
yaku
エキ
eki
Kun'yomi
(Japanese reading)
ま
ma
Words Using This Kanji
145 words total
Other
(145 words)
益
えき
benefit
益々
ますます
increasingly
益する
えきする
to benefit (the world, society, etc.)
益々もって
ますますもって
increasingly
共益
きょうえき
common benefit
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