0155 - 計[계] - 세다 - plan, plot; strategem; scheme

The Story [이야기] :

• This character means "to count/to reckon/to calculate" and by extension, "to plan/to plot/to scheme".  A child must learn how to count from one to ten 十 by clearly speaking out 言 all the numbers.  In this way, the child is able to learn how to calculate and plan.
• If one's speech 言 is perfect 十, she can set up a stratagem easily to deceive people.  Carefully counted and calculated 十 speech 言 makes up a decent stratagem.

Stroke Order [획순] :

New Vocabulary [새로운 단어] :

가계 [家計] - household economy; family budget; family circumstances; family finances; housekeeping expenses; living; livelihood
생계 [生計] - livelihood; living
백계 [百計] - all means; all resources
계가 [計家] - taking count of crosses[each territory] (in Baduk)
회계 [會計] - accounts; accounting; a bill; an account
회계학 [會計學] - accounting; accountancy
동력계 [動力計] - a dynamometer
계산 [計算] - calculation; computation; reckoning; figure work
계산하다 [計算하다] - calculate; compute; reckon; figure out; count; add up
계수 [計數] - calculation; computation; figures
계수하다 [計數하다] - number; count; calculate; compute
계시 [計時] - clocking
계시하다 [計時하다] - check time; time
시계 [時計] - a clock; a watch; a pocket watch; a wristwatch; a timepiece; a timekeeper
손목시계 [손목時計] - wrist watch
삼십육계 [三十六計] - escape; flight; running away; decampment

 

Example Sentences [예문] :

그女의 엄마에 따르면, 그女는 不과 生後 6개月이 되었을 때, 時計와 數字에 매우 관心이 많았습니다.
She became very interested in clocks and numbers when she was just six months old, according to her mother.

나는 會計學을 工夫할 것이다.  왜냐하면, 그것은 더 많은 돈을 벌 기會를 줄 것이기 때문이다.
I am going to study accounting because it will give me a chance to earn more money.

곧 끝나는 이번 年도의 증가하고 있는 무역량으로, 러시아와 다른 社會主의 國家들의 무역액이 計算되면, 北韓의 총 무역량은 가뿐히 50억 달러 水준을 뛰어넘을 것이다.
With the monthly volume increasing as the year comes to an end, North Korea's total trade will easily exceed the $5 billion mark when trade value with Russia and other socialist nations is counted.