測

音読おんよみ: ソク

訓読くんよみ: はかる

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部首ぶしゅ: 氵（さんずい）

Meaning

Measure / Gauge / Estimate

  • Basic forms
  • 測る — to measure; to gauge / base form
  • 測ります — measure; gauge / masu form
  • 測った — measured; gauged / ta-form
  • 測って — measure and … / te-form
  • 測らない — do not measure / negative
  • 測れば — if (someone) measures / conditional
  • 測れ — measure! / imperative
  • Common uses
  • 長さを測る — measure length
  • 距離を測る — measure distance
  • More
  • 測ろう — let’s measure / 〜よう form
  • 時間を測っている — is measuring time / progressive

測る（はかる） is a godan verb. It is used for **measuring size, length, distance, time, or extent**, often in a physical or numerical sense.

  • 測定そくてい — measurement / gauging
  • 観測かんそく — observation
  • 推測すいそく — speculation / guess
  • 予測よそく — prediction / forecast
  • 実測じっそく — actual measurement
  • 不測ふそく — unforeseen / unexpected

測 is made up of the radical 氵 (water) and the phonetic element 則 (ソク). Since measuring depth was often done in water, the radical reflects the origin of the meaning. The character carries the broader idea of “measurement” — physical or abstract.

川の深ふかさを 測はかる。
Measure the depth of the river.

気温きおんを 測はかってください。
Please take the temperature.

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測定そくてい — measurement / gauging
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