益 U+FA17,益 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA17 ←猪 [U+FA16] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 礼 → [U+FA18]

• In Koreanhanja, the upper component of the character is written八 instead of丷, which is also the historical form found in theKangxi dictionary.
• ACJK compatibility ideograph exists atU+FA17 for the historical form found in theKangxi dictionary which contains八 as its upper component.
• ACJK compatibility ideograph exists atU+FAA6 for the alternativehanja used in North Korea which contains丷 as its upper component.

益 (Kangxi radical 108,皿+5, 10 strokes,cangjie input廿金月廿 (TCBT),four-corner8010₇,composition⿳䒑八皿(GHTJV orU+FAA6) or⿱⿳八一八皿(K orU+FA17))

• 𪝞,𭂚,𭄷,嗌,塧,㜋,𡺬,𭛃,𭛽,𪬘,搤,溢,獈,隘,膉,榏,㱲,𬎃,䅬,𮄷,縊(缢),𬙻,𫆌,艗,螠,謚(谥),貖,賹,𬦜,𬧬,𨢘,㬲,𡒪,鎰(镒),𥂺,𤐹,𩝱,𪤴,𪕶,齸,𥃠
• 𪟢,𨜶,𣣼,𬐭,䚊,𭘺,𩔱,𭾓,鷁(鹢),𧔈,蠲,𨽪,𭗆,𦶩,𤸸,𨶂,𦿯

• Kangxi Dictionary:page 793, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22972
• Dae Jaweon: page 1208, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2560, character 6
• Unihan data for U+76CA

• Unihan data for U+FA17

• Unihan data for U+FAA6

Historical forms of the character益
Shang	Western Zhou
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 水(“water”) + 皿(“vessel”). Original form of溢 (OC*liɡ, “to overflow”). Upper component resembles氺 (“water”) in a horizontal form.

Compare易.

Bodman (1980) relates it toTibetanསྐྱེད(skyed,“growth; increase; profit; to generate”),སྐྱེ(skye,“to be born”).

益

1. (obsolete)Original form of溢 (yì, “to overflow”).

   • 澭水暴益，荊人弗知。[Classical Chinese,trad.]
     澭水暴益，荆人弗知。[Classical Chinese,simp.]

     From:Lü Buwei,Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals, 239BCE

     Yōngshuǐ bàoyì, Jīng rén fú zhī.[Pinyin]

     The Yong River suddenlyoverflowed, but the Chu people did not know.

2. (literary)affluent;well-off
3. toincrease; toadd; to causegain

   Antonym:損 /损(sǔn)

   延年益壽／延年益寿  ― yánniányìshòu  ―  to prolong life

   • 為學日益，為道日損。[Classical Chinese,trad.]
     为学日益，为道日损。[Classical Chinese,simp.]

     From:Tao Te Ching, 4^th centuryBCE, translated based onJames Legge's version

     Wéixué rìyì, wéidào rì sǔn.[Pinyin]

     He who devotes himself to learning seeks from day to dayto increase; he who devotes himself to the Dao seeks from day to day to diminish.

   • 於是出私金以益公賞。[Classical Chinese,trad.]
     于是出私金以益公赏。[Classical Chinese,simp.]

     From:Zhanguo Ce, circa 5^th – 3^rd centuriesBCE

     Yúshì chū sījīn yǐyì gōngshǎng.[Pinyin]

     Thus he expended his private money toadd to the official rewards.

4. profit;benefit;gain

   收益  ― shōuyì  ―  profit

   開卷有益／开卷有益  ― kāijuǎnyǒuyì  ―  reading is beneficial

5. (literary)more;further;evenmore

   日益  ― rìyì  ―  day by day; increasingly

   • 如水益深，如火益熱，亦運而已矣。[Classical Chinese,trad.]
     如水益深，如火益热，亦运而已矣。[Classical Chinese,simp.]

     From:Mencius,c. 4^th centuryBCE

     Rú shuǐyì shēn, rú huǒyì rè, yì yùn éryǐ yǐ.[Pinyin]

     If you make the watermore deep and the firemore fierce, they will in like manner make another revolution.

6. 42ndhexagram of theI Ching
7. (Cantonese) tobenefit; toadvantage

   淨係益自己友[Cantonese,trad.]
   净系益自己友[Cantonese,simp.]

   zing⁶ hai⁶jik¹ zi⁶ gei² jau^5-2[Jyutping]

   to onlybenefit people in one's own circle

• (more):

Others:

• → Thai:อีก(ìik,“again, (do something) more”)

• “益”, in漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[2],香港中文大學 (theChinese University of Hong Kong),2014–

Shinjitai	益
Kyūjitai [1]	益 益 or 益+︀?
	益󠄁 益+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	益󠄃 益+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji,kyūjitai form益)

1. benefit
2. gain
3. profit
4. advantage

• Go-on:やく(yaku,Jōyō^†)
• Kan-on:えき(eki,Jōyō)
• Kun:ます(masu,益す)、ますます(masumasu,益)
• Nanori:あり(ari)、すすむ(susumu)、のり(nori)、まし(mashi)、ます(masu)、また(mata)、み(mi)、みつ(mitsu)、やす(yasu)、よし(yoshi)

FromMiddle Chinese益 (MC 'jiek, “increase”). Thekan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.

• (Tokyo)えき[èkí] (Heiban – [0])^[2][3]
• (Tokyo)えき[éꜜkì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2][3]
• IPA^(key): [e̞kʲi]

益(えき)• (eki) 

1. benefit
2. profit

FromMiddle Chinese益 (MC 'jiek, “increase”). Thegoon reading, so likely the initial borrowing.

• (Tokyo)やく[yáꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [ja̠kɯ̟]

益(やく)• (yaku) 

1. benefit

• ご利(り)益(やく)(go-riyaku),御(ご)利(り)益(やく)(go-riyaku)

• “^△益”, in漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[3] (in Japanese),The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation,2015–2025

益 (eumhun더할익(deohal ik))

1. hanja form^? of익(“gain;benefit”)

益:Hán Việt readings:ích (伊(y)昔(tích)切(thiết))^{[1][2][3][4][5]}
益:Nôm readings:ích^[1][2][4][6],ịch^[3][5]

1. chữ Hán form ofích(“benefit”)
2. chữ Nôm form ofịch(“thud”)

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