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聊 — 11 strokes ／ Radical「耳」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 11 strokes ／ Radical「耳」
On
リョウりょう · ryō
Kun
いささかisasaka
Meaning
a little; for the moment

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Ear 耳 with 卯 as phonetic: originally a ringing in the ears; borrowed for “a little”.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 無聊ぶりょう

    tedium; ennui

  • 聊かいささか

    a little

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

無聊(ぶりょう)を慰(なぐさ)めて本(ほん)を読(よ)む。

They read a book to relieve the tedium.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

無聊聊無nothin…耿shinin…聆to lis…聒noisy聘to inv…聚to gat…倆skill羚an ant…崚toweri…喨clear…粱fine…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 耳Map of reading リョウAll maps

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