慮 – prudence, thought, concern

15 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#916 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 慮 means prudence, thought, concern, consider, deliberate, fear. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is リョ (ryo); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is おもんぱく.る、おもんぱか.る (omonpakuru, omonpakaru). It is written with 15 strokes, under radical 心 (no. 61).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	リョ	ryo
Kun’yomi	おもんぱく.る	omonpakuru
Kun’yomi	おもんぱか.る	omonpakaru

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: 心 (Kangxi radical 61). Components: 心・田・卜・匕・厂・虍.

Words using 慮

遠慮えんりょreserve考慮こうりょconsideration配慮はいりょconsideration

Example sentences

ここでのおタバコはご遠慮願います。

Please refrain from smoking here.

Tatoeba #224633

彼らに同行しようかと考慮中です。

I'm considering going with them.

Tatoeba #98603

看護婦は患者の快適さに配慮しなくてはいけない。

The nurses must see to the comfort of their patients.

Tatoeba #183852

Kanji with the same radical

意性思心感情必応急態想念悪憲愛惑

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