# 算 — Calculate

Frequency rank 690 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 洋 (Western Style), less common than 鉄 (Iron).

- On’yomi: さん
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 竹 Bamboo (Kangxi 118)
- Frequency path: Level VI of XX

Bamboo (竹) sticks above an eye (目) resting on a stool (几) — an abacus made of bamboo rods, watched by careful eyes, used to calculate.

In words:

- 算盤 そろばん — abacus
- 算数 さんすう — arithmetic
- 予算 よさん — estimate,budget

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