僚 – colleague, official, companion

14 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#709 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 僚 means colleague, official, companion. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is リョウ (ryou). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 人 (no. 9).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	リョウ	ryou

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 人 (Kangxi radical 9). Components: 化・小・日・大.

Words using 僚

官僚かんりょうbureaucrat同僚どうりょうcoworker

Example sentences

彼の辞職で官僚の席に空きができた。

His resignation left a vacancy in the cabinet.

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私の同僚は報告書を改ざんした。

My colleague doctored the report.

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Kanji with the same radical

会人今代体作以保信件側任使係価住

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