JLPT N3 · 7 strokes
Kanji 良: "good, pleasing, skilled"
The kanji 良 means "good, pleasing, skilled". It is written with 7 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N3, read リョウ in on'yomi and よ.い, い.い in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
リョウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
よ.いい.い
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | good, pleasing, skilled |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 7 |
| JLPT level | N3 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 4 |
| Frequency rank | 501 of 2,501 |
Common words with 良
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 良いgood; excellent; fine; nice · sufficient; enough; ready; prepared
- 良くnicely; properly; well; skillfully · frequently; often
- 良しgood; excellent; fine; nice
- どうでも良いinconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; trivial · whatever; whichever; I don't care
- 仲良くon good terms (with); on friendly terms (with); (getting along) well; in harmony
- どうしたら良いwhat's the best thing to do?; what to do?
- 良くあるto often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
- 良くなるto become better; to improve
- ちょうど良いjust right (time, size, length, etc.)
- 良くするto make good; to improve · to do often
- 良く良くcarefully; closely · very; extremely; exceedingly
- 不良bad; poor; inferior; defective · delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
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