What is the Kanji for "Achievement"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Achievement", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Achievement" is "績".

This kanji has 1 reading:

Its onyomi reading is "Seki".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 2 parts:

The kanji "糸" means "Thread" and can be read as "Ito" and "Shi". And The kanji "責" means "Blame" and "Liability" and can be read as "Seki" and "Se".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "績" mean in japanese?

"績" means "Achievement".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Fifth Grade, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT N2 exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

成績: "Grades". The Japanese noun '成績 (せいせき)' refers to a student's academic grades or performance. It is commonly used to describe a person's overall academic achievement, usually in the context of school or educational institutions. For example: My grades are good - (私の成績がいいです). The students' grades were excellent - (生徒の成績はすばらしかった).

業績: "Achievements". The Japanese noun '業績 (ぎょうせき)' refers to the accomplishments, attainments or results of one's efforts and work. It is used to describe the noteworthy deeds or outstanding performance of an individual, organization or company. For example: His business achievements are impressive - (彼の業績は印象的だ). The university has a long history of academic achievements - (この大学には長年の学問上の業績がある).

実績: "Results" or "Achievements". The noun '実績 (じっせき)' refers to concrete results, accomplishments or achievements. It is used to describe positive outcomes, successes or performance records, often in the context of one's work, career or life. For example: My academic achievements are impressive - (私の実績は印象的です). The company is proud of its recent achievements - (この会社は最近の実績に誇りを持っている).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "せ" is read as "se". And The hiragana "き" is read as "ki".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.