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僚

Colleague
Stroke count: 14

Readings

On readingリョウ
JōyōGrade 8Level 29
  1. workmate
  2. comrade
  3. coworker

Popular Usage

官僚

Radicals and components

Radical人person亻variant
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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person (人) · pup tent · large (大) · St. Bernard (犬) · sun (日) · day (日) · small (小) · little (小)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1842

Compound words

官僚かんりょう
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
閣僚かくりょう
cabinet ministers
同僚どうりょう
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
幕僚ばくりょう
staff; staff officer
僚友りょうゆう
colleague; workmate; comrade; coworker
下僚かりょう
subordinates
官僚化かんりょうか
bureaucratization
一般幕僚いっぱんばくりょう
general staff
官僚主義かんりょうしゅぎ
bureaucracy
特別幕僚とくべつばくりょう
special staff
内閣閣僚ないかくかくりょう
cabinet members
閣僚レベルかくりょうレベル
cabinet-level

Additional Examples

彼は同僚と一緒にその計画を作った。
He made the plan along with his colleagues.tatoeba
彼は同僚となかなか打ち解けない。
He is hardly friendly with his fellow workers.tatoeba

Stroke Order

14 strokes

Colleague. 亻 (person) + 尞 (fires) — people sitting at the same fire. 同僚 — co-worker.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 僚

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step