益

• In Korean hanja, the upper component of the character is written 八 instead of 丷, which is also the historical form found in the Kangxi dictionary.
• A CJK compatibility ideograph exists at U+FA17 for the historical form found in the Kangxi dictionary which contains 八 as its upper component.
• A CJK compatibility ideograph exists at U+FAA6 for the alternative hanja used in North Korea which contains 丷 as its upper component.

益 (radical 108, 皿+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿金月廿 (TCBT), four-corner 8010₇, composition ⿳䒑八皿(GHTJV or U+FAA6) or ⿱⿳八一八皿(K or U+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

Wikidata

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

• Unihan data for U+FA17

• Unihan data for U+FAA6

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 水 (“water”) + 皿 (“vessel”). Original form of 溢 (OC *liɡ, “to overflow”).

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

益

1. profit; benefit
2. advantage
3. ^† more; further; even more

   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, circa 4^th century BCE

     Rú shuǐ yì shēn, rú huǒ yì rè, yì yùn éryǐ yǐ. [Pinyin]

     If you make the water more deep and the fire more fierce, they will in like manner make another revolution.

4. 42nd hexagram of the I Ching

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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

• Go-on: やく (yaku, Jōyō, uncommon)
• Kan-on: えき (eki, Jōyō)
• Kun: ます (masu, 益す); ますます (masumasu, 益)

From Middle Chinese 益 (MC ʔiᴇk̚, “increase”). The kan'on reading, so likely a later borrowing.

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) えき [èkí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • (Tokyo) え​き [éꜜkì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [e̞kʲi]

益 (hiragana えき, rōmaji eki)

1. benefit
2. profit

From Middle Chinese 益 (MC ʔiᴇk̚, “increase”). The goon reading, so likely the initial borrowing.

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) や​く [yáꜜkù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ja̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

益 (hiragana やく, rōmaji yaku)

1. benefit

• ご利 (り)益 (やく) (goriyaku), 御 (ご)利 (り)益 (やく) (goriyaku)

益 (eumhun 더할 익 (deohal ik))

1. Hanja form^? of 익 (“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. Hán tự form of ích (“benefit”).
2. Nôm form of ịch (“thud”).