良 – good, pleasing, skilled

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The kanji 良 means good, pleasing, skilled. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is リョウ (ryou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is よ.い、-よ.い、い.い、-い.い (yoi, yoi, ii, ii). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 艮 (no. 138).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	リョウ	ryou
Kun’yomi	よ.い	yoi
Kun’yomi	-よ.い	yoi
Kun’yomi	い.い	ii
Kun’yomi	-い.い	ii

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: 艮 (Kangxi radical 138). Components: 艮.

Words using 良

良いよいgood仲良しなかよしclose friendship改良かいりょうimprovement善良ぜんりょうgood (person, nature, etc.)不良ふりょうbad良好りょうこうgood良識りょうしきgood sense良質りょうしつgood quality良心りょうしんconscience良しよしgood

Example sentences

トムとジョンは仲良しです。

Tom and John are good friends.

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コンピューターはたえず改良されている。

Computers are constantly being improved.

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善良な市民は法律に従う。

A good citizen obeys the laws.

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