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良

Good
Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingリョウ
Kun readingよ.い、よ
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 4Level 11

Verbs with «良»

改良する

Meanings

  1. goodRtK
  2. pleasing
  3. skilled
  1. good (quality, condition, etc.)
  2. good (grade)
  3. b

Homonyms

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Same reading (りょう)
了 · finish寮 · hostel料 · fee猟 · hunting量 · quantity漁 · fishing両 · both (hands, parents, sides, etc.)

Popular Usage

良い改良

Radicals and components

Radical艮stopping
How it's built
良
  • →

Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

drop (丶) · silver (金)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1578

Compound words

改良かいりょう
improvement; reform
良いよい
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant
最良さいりょう
the best; ideal
善良ぜんりょう
good (person, nature, etc.); good-natured; virtuous; honest
不良ふりょう
bad; poor; inferior; defective; delinquent
優良ゆうりょう
superior; excellent; fine
良好りょうこう
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable
良妻りょうさい
good wife
良識りょうしき
good sense
良質りょうしつ
good quality; fine quality; superior quality; high quality
良心りょうしん
conscience
良くよく
nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully
良さよさ
merit; virtue; good quality
良きよき
goodness; good
奈良なら
Nara (city, prefecture)
運良くうんよく
luckily
仲良くなかよく
on good terms (with); on friendly terms (with); (getting along) well; in harmony; happily
仲良しなかよし
close friendship; close friend; good friend; bosom buddy; chum
不良品ふりょうひん
inferior goods; defective product; defective goods
良し悪しよしあし
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; suitability; having both merits and demerits
手際良くてぎわよく
efficiently; skillfully; adeptly; adroitly; deftly
公序良俗こうじょりょうぞく
public order and morals; social standards; public policy
良かったらよかったら
if you like
どうでも良いどうでもいい
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; trivial; whatever

Kun Reading Examples

質の良いサービスが求められている。しつのよい
Services of better quality are in demand.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は暮し向きが良い。
He is well off.tatoeba
彼は物静かな人で、良家の出だった。
He was a quiet fellow and came from a good family.tatoeba
彼は父親に良く似ている。
He resembles his father very much.tatoeba
彼は不良仲間とぐるになっていた。
He fell into bad company.tatoeba

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Good. A sieve for grain — only the best remains.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 良

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