漢字城 Kanji Fortress

利 profit

Also: advantage

On'yomi
リ
Kun'yomi
き-く
Strokes
7
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary school, year 4

In the kun'yomi, the kana after a dash are written after the kanji (okurigana): き-く.

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
利 is written in 7 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

Grain (禾) cut down with a knife (刂) at harvest time — that stack of rice is your profit.

A common word

  • 便利 べんり convenient

Example sentences

  • えきのちかくにこんびにがあってべんりです。

    There's a convenience store near the station, so it's handy.

  • わたしはとしょかんをよくりようします。

    I use the library often.

Kanji that share a part

禾 is its radical. 33 kanji share it in all.

刂 is a component. 28 kanji share it in all.