I Love Kanji量る (hakaru)
量る (はかる, hakaru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to measure; to weigh”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- はかる
- Romaji
- hakaru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to measure; to weigh; to survey; to time (sound, gauge, estimate) · godan verb, transitive
- to conjecture; to infer; to surmise · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
優れた教育の価値は金銭でははかれない。
The value of a good education cannot be measured in terms of money.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 量る
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 量る | はかる hakaru |
| Polite (~masu) | 量ります | はかります hakarimasu |
| Negative | 量らない | はからない hakaranai |
| Polite negative | 量りません | はかりません hakarimasen |
| Past | 量った | はかった hakatta |
| Polite past | 量りました | はかりました hakarimashita |
| Negative past | 量らなかった | はからなかった hakaranakatta |
| Te-form | 量って | はかって hakatte |
| Potential | 量れる | はかれる hakareru |
| Passive | 量られる | はかられる hakarareru |
| Causative | 量らせる | はからせる hakaraseru |
| Volitional | 量ろう | はかろう hakarou |
| Imperative | 量れ | はかれ hakare |
| Conditional (~ba) | 量れば | はかれば hakareba |
Kanji in 量る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 量る.
量りょうquantity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
Source: JMdict entry 1600650 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.