料 means “cooking, fee”

りょう · ryou

Also: materials

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

リョウ

JLPT N4 · Taught in grade 4 · 10 strokes

The story

To cook is to compose: each ingredient a note, each technique a brushstroke in the art of nourishment.

Used in 料理 (ryouri, cooking) and 料金 (ryoukin, fee)

Its parts

• 米 Rice · Left side
• 斗 Measure/ladle · Right side

Measuring (斗) rice (米): ingredients, materials

Words with 料

• 飲料 (いんりょう, inryou): beverage
• 食料 (しょくりょう, shokuryou): food supplies

Kanji that look like 料

• 科 (department / science): 料 has 斗 (dipper) on right, 科 has 斗 too but 禾 on left: measuring ingredients vs studying

More from Food & Dining

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• 食 eat
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• 肉 meat
• 汁 soup
• 塩 salt
• 甘 sweet
• 苦 bitter
• 飲 drink
• 茶 tea
• 麺 noodles
• 油 oil

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.