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量

quantity
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingリョウ
Kun readingはか.る
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 4

Meanings

  1. quantityRtK
  2. measure
  3. weight
  4. amount
    光ファイバーケーブルは膨大な量の情報を搬送できる。Fibre-optic cables can carry huge amounts of information.tatoeba
    彼は適度な量のコーヒーを飲む。He drinks a moderate amount of coffee.tatoeba
  5. consider
  6. estimate
  7. surmise
  1. volume
  2. capacity
  3. portion (of food)

Synonyms

ボリューム分量容積数量

Popular Usage

重量測量感無量

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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nightbreak · sun (日) · day (日) · one (一) · floor · computer

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 189

Compound words

重量じゅうりょう
weight
測量そくりょう
measurement; surveying
雨量うりょう
(amount of) rainfall
音量おんりょう
volume (sound)
計量けいりょう
measuring; weighing; metric; distance function
軽量けいりょう
light weight
減量げんりょう
loss in weight (esp. body weight); weight reduction; loss in quantity; reduction of quantity
裁量さいりょう
discretion; judgement; judgment
質量しつりょう
mass; quality and quantity
収量しゅうりょう
yield; size of harvest
推量すいりょう
guess; conjecture; supposition; inference
数量すうりょう
quantity; volume; amount
線量せんりょう
dose (of radioactivity)
全量ぜんりょう
the whole amount; entire amount; total amount; total quantity
総量そうりょう
aggregate amount
多量たりょう
large quantity; large amount
大量たいりょう
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
定量ていりょう
fixed quantity
適量てきりょう
proper quantity; suitable amount; proper dose; optimal dose
微量びりょう
minuscule amount; extremely small quantity
分量ぶんりょう
amount; quantity; measuring; weighing
容量ようりょう
capacity; volume; capacitance
量産りょうさん
mass production
量的りょうてき
quantitative; concerning the quantity

On Reading Examples

彼女はかなりの量の酒を飲んだ。りょう
She has had quite a lot to drink.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は肉を切り刻んで重さを量った。
He cut up the meat and weighed it.tatoeba
彼は大量の酒を消費する。
He consumes an enormous amount of liquor.tatoeba

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 量

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