measure

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 測 has 12 strokes and appears in words for measuring quantities or estimating future events.
• Basic usage: 予測 is read よそく, and 計測 is read けいそく.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Prediction and measurement
  • 来月の利用者数を予測した means predicting next month's number of users.
  • 風の速さを計測した means measuring the actual wind speed, distinct from estimating a future value.