HSK 3 · Information & Announcements

计算

jì suàn

to calculate

Stroke order of 计算

2 characters, 18 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

计 · 4 strokes算 · 14 strokes

Memory trick

Words 讠 and ten 十 in a bamboo 竹 abacus: figuring numbers.

Parts: 计: 讠 speech + 十 ten; 算: 竹 bamboo + 目 + 廾

The characters in 计算

算 suàn — to calculate; to count as (14 strokes)

Example sentence

你会计算这个数学题吗？

Can you calculate this maths problem?

Words with 计

计算机computer 计划plan; to plan 设计to design; design 预计to estimate; to expect

Words with 算

计算机computer 打算to plan; plan 算to calculate; to count as

More words: Information & Announcements

报newspaper; to report 报到to check in; to register 报告report; to report 公布to announce 宣布to announce 宣传to promote; publicity 记录to record; record 证certificate; proof 证明to prove; proof 证据evidence 指to point at; finger

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