JLPT N2 · 12 strokes
Kanji 量: "quantity, measure, weight"
The kanji 量 means "quantity, measure, weight, amount, consider, estimate". It is written with 12 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N2, read リョウ in on'yomi and はか.る 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)
はか.る
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 | quantity, measure, weight, amount, consider, estimate |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 12 |
| JLPT level | N2 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 4 |
| Frequency rank | 469 of 2,501 |
Common words with 量
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 量quantity; amount; volume; capacity · generosity; magnanimity; tolerance
- 大量large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
- 重量weight
- 質量mass · quality and quantity
- 量産mass production
- 技量ability; competency; talent; skill
- 力量ability; capacity; capability; talent · physical strength
- 少量small quantity; small amount · narrowmindedness
- 熱量quantity of heat (e.g. in calories, BTU, etc.); heat value; calorific value · (degree of) enthusiasm; zeal; passion
- 音量volume (sound)
- 容量capacity; volume · capacitance
- 分量amount; quantity · measuring; weighing
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