量 – quantity, measure, weight

12 strokesTaught in grade 4#469 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 量 means quantity, measure, weight, amount, consider, estimate, surmise. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is リョウ (ryou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is はか.る (hakaru). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 里 (no. 166).

Stroke order

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

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	リョウ	ryou
Kun’yomi	はか.る	hakaru

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: 里 (Kangxi radical 166). Components: 一・日・里.

Words using 量

量りょうquantity量るはかるto measure重量じゅうりょうweight測量そくりょうmeasurement分量ぶんりょうamount微量びりょうminuscule amount熱量ねつりょうquantity of heat (e.g. in calories, BTU, etc.)感無量かんむりょうdeep emotion

Example sentences

彼女はかなりの量の酒を飲んだ。

She has had quite a lot to drink.

Tatoeba #93030

体積が大きいからといって常に重量も重いとは限らない。

Great bulk does not always mean great weight.

Tatoeba #137970

英国の測量法では４クオートは１ガロンだ。

In the imperial measurement system, four quarts equals one gallon.

Tatoeba #189007

Kanji with the same radical

野重里

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.