量 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「里」
道7Elementary year 4 ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「里」
- On
- リョウりょう · ryō
- Kun
- はか(る)haka(ru)
- Meaning
- quantity, amount, measure, weigh
Stroke order
Origin
Derived from the image of measuring the contents of a sack; to measure the weight or amount of things, hence 'quantity'.
Readings and examples
| Onリョウりょうryō | 量産りょうさん測量そくりょう度量どりょう |
|---|---|
| Kunはかるhakaru | 量るはかる Compare: 計る・測る・図る・謀る |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 分量ぶんりょう
amount, quantity
- 雨量うりょう
rainfall
- 肺活量はいかつりょう
- 斤量きんりょう
- 度量衡どりょうこう
- 酌量しゃくりょう
- 秤量しょうりょう
- 容量ようりょう
Example
料理の分量を正しくはかります。
I measure the amount for the dish correctly.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)