利
利·profit, advantage, benefit
- On-yomi
- リ
- Kun-yomi
- きく
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Stroke order
Write it in this order; the numbers mark where each stroke starts.
Common words
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 便利 | べんり | convenient |
| 利用 | りよう | use, utilization |
| 有利 | ゆうり | advantageous |
| 利益 | りえき | profit, benefit |
Example sentences
このアプリはとても便利です。
このアプリはとてもべんりです。
This app is very convenient.
毎日地下鉄を利用しています。
まいにちちかてつをりようしています。
I use the subway every day.
その条件はこちらに有利だ。
そのじょうけんはこちらにゆうりだ。
Those terms are advantageous to us.
Similar-looking kanji
Do not confuse these on the exam.
Common mistakes
- Using 利用する for people as objects when you mean 使う — 利用する suits services and facilities
- Reading 利益 as *りやく in business contexts — りやく is a religious blessing (ご利益)
Memory aid
Picture it
A knife (刂) cutting the rice plant (禾) at harvest — bringing in the gain.
Vocabulary using this kanji
- 権利けんりright (legal)
- 利益りえきprofit
- 利用するりようするto use, utilize
- 有利ゆうりadvantageous
- 不利ふりdisadvantageous
- 利口りこうclever, shrewd, bright, sharp, wise, intelligent
- 便利べんりconvenient
- 利用りようuse, utilization
- 金利きんりinterest rate
- 顔が利くかおがきくto have influence; to have pull (with people)
- 利害りがいadvantages and disadvantages, interests (at stake)
- 利子りしinterest
Quick check
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