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料 — 10 strokes / Radical「斗」

道
7Elementary year 4 / 10 strokes / Radical「斗」
On
リョウりょう · ryō
Kun
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Meaning
fee, materials, ingredients

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

An associative character combining 米 (rice) and 斗 (a measuring scoop). From measuring rice it came to mean to measure, materials, and fee.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onリョウりょうryō料金りょうきん料理りょうり材料ざいりょう

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 料理りょうり

    cooking, dish

  • 材料ざいりょう

    materials

More words with this kanji

  • 飲料水いんりょうすい
  • 有料ゆうりょう
  • 給料きゅうりょう
  • 資料しりょう
  • 燃料ねんりょう
  • 肥料ひりょう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

母(はは)は料理(りょうり)がとても上手(じょうず)だ。

My mother is very good at cooking.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

材料料理料材materi…理reason斗dipper斜slanti…斛koku斟to lad…斡mediat…良good量quanti…漁fishin…了comple…両both
CompoundRadicalReading

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