| 742 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 648 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 619 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 825 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 597 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 631 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1553 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1201 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 716 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 729 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 921 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1370 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2849 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1468 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1978 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1899 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 22972P | Morohashi |
| 2285 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3891 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1881 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2026 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 707 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N1
674 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 益 【エキ】 benefit, use, good, advantage, gain, profit, gains
- 益金 【エキキン】 profit
- 増益 【ゾウエキ】 increased (profit)
- 公益 【コウエキ】 public interest, public benefit, public good
- 益 【エキ】 benefit, use, good, advantage, gain, profit, gains
- 益体もない 【ヤクタイモナイ】 useless, worthless, silly, trivial
- 現世利益 【ゲンセリヤク】 benefits gained in this world through observance of the Buddhist teachings, happiness gained in this world through observance of the Buddhist teachings
Kun reading compounds
- 益々 【ますます】 increasingly, more and more, decreasingly (when declining), less and less
- 増す 【ます】 to increase, to grow
Readings
- Japanese names:
- まし、 ます
- Korean:
- ig
Spanish
- beneficio
- ganancia
- ventaja
- provecho
Portuguese
- benefício
- ganho
- lucro
- vantagem
French
- bénéfice
- gain
- profit
- avantage
| 974 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2o8.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-3-7 | SKIP code |
| 2-5-5 | SKIP code |
| 2-2-8 | SKIP code |
| 8010.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-17-55 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 76ca | Unicode hex code |
wisdom, intellect, reason
- On:
- チ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1002 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 知 【チ】 wisdom, jnana (higher knowledge)
- 知恵 【チエ】 wisdom, wit, sagacity, sense, intelligence, prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
- 才知 【サイチ】 wit and intelligence
- 大知 【タイチ】 supreme wisdom, sage
Readings
- Japanese names:
- さと、 さとし、 さとる、 さとい、 とも、 のり、 とし、 あきら、 じ、 とみ、 ひと、 もと、 よも
- Korean:
- ji
Spanish
- sabiduría
- intelecto
- razón
Portuguese
French
- intelligence
- raison
| 1416 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2144 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1964 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1793 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2099 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 3458 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1781 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2425 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1232 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 14010 | Morohashi |
| 2784 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2490 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1224 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1309 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 4c8.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-8-4 | SKIP code |
| 8660.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-35-50 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 667a | Unicode hex code |