Word Meaning 算盤

そろばん soroban

算盤 is read as そろばん (soroban) and means abacus.

Meaning

English

  1. abacus
  2. soroban
  3. calculation (esp. of profit and loss)
  4. reckoning

Reading

Kana

そろばん

Romaji

soroban

Writing Variants

  • 珠盤 そろばん soroban
  • 十露盤 そろばん soroban

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 29 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 12923 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

算盤高い

そろばんだかい

calculating

算盤ずく

そろばんずく

mercenary

算盤勘定

そろばんかんじょう

counting on the abacus

算術作用素

さんじゅつさようそ

arithmetic operator

算術級数

さんじゅつきゅうすう

arithmetical progression

算数障害

さんすうしょうがい

dyscalculia

地盤

じばん

foundation (building, etc.)

基盤

きばん

bedrock

円盤

えんばん

disc media (CD, DVD, etc.)

鍵盤

けんばん

keyboard (of a piano, typewriter, etc.)

中盤

ちゅうばん

midfield (in soccer)

碁盤

ごばん

Go board

Example Sentences

3

むかしはそろばんをならうこどもがおおかった。

in the past, many children learned the abacus.

A "soroban" is a type of Japanese abacus.

No, I just thought that since you can use an abacus, you might be good at doing calculations in your head.