利 is the Japanese kanji for profit, advantage, benefit. It is written with 7 strokes and appears at JLPT level N3–N2. Its kun reading is き.く and its on reading is リ.
Stroke order
Words with 利
- 利advantage, benefit, profit
- 利くto be effective, to take effect, to be good (for)
- 利かせるto bring out (the effect of), to put to good use, to make use of (e.g. threats)
- 利きeffectiveness, efficacy, efficaciousness
- 金利interest rate, interest
- 権利right, privilege
Practice 利 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.