益
益 — ik
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 더할 익
- Romanization
- ik
- English
- profit, benefit; advantage; hexagram ䷩
- Mandarin
- yì
- Japanese on'yomi
- エキ, ヤク
- Japanese kun'yomi
- ま.す
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 5
- Newspaper frequency
- #674 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 皿 (108, 5 residual)
- Unicode
- U+76CA
How 益 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 益 as a ideographic compound involving 水, 皿.
Korean example words with 益
- 공익共益 Korean gloss: 공동의 이익
- 국익國益 Korean gloss: 나라의 이익
- 사익私益 Korean gloss: 개인의 이익
- 실익實益 Korean gloss: 실제의 이익
- 자익自益 Korean gloss: 자기의 이익
- 홍익弘益 Korean gloss: 널리 이롭게 함
- 공익公益 Korean gloss: 사회 전체의 이익
- 권익權益 Korean gloss: 권리와 그에 따르는 이익
- 손익損益 Korean gloss: 손해와 이익을 아울러 이르는 말
- 효익效益 Korean gloss: 보람과 도움. 또는 보람 있는 이익
- 수익收益 Korean gloss: 기업이 경제 활동의 대가로서 얻은 경제 가치
- 차익差益 Korean gloss: 매매의 결과나 가격, 환시세의 개정이나 변동 따위로 생기는 이익. 또는 그 이익의 액수
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 益
- 利益りえき profit; gains; benefit
- 収益しゅうえき earnings; proceeds; returns
- 減益げんえき decrease in profits
- 経常利益けいじょうりえき current profits; ordinary profit; income before income taxes
- 差益さえき marginal profits
- 増益ぞうえき increased (profit)
- 国益こくえき national interest
- 公益こうえき public interest; public benefit; public good
- 益えき benefit; use; good
- 公益法人こうえきほうじん public-service corporation; charitable corporation; juridical (legal) person working for the public good
- 損益そんえき profit and loss; advantage and disadvantage
- 有益ゆうえき beneficial; profitable; useful
Characters sharing the phonetic 益
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.
Other hanja read “익”
Other hanja with radical 皿
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences