良 means “good, fine”

よい · yoi

Also: pleasing, skilled

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

よい, いい

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

リョウ

JLPT N3 · Taught in grade 4 · 7 strokes

The story

Look inside 食, eat: 良 sits beneath its lid, the bowl of good food. 良い, read よい or いい, means good, 仲良し are close friends, and 良心, "the good heart", is your conscience.

Used in 良い (yoi, good), 仲良し (nakayoshi, close friends), and 良心 (ryoushin, conscience)

More from How Things Feel

• 適 suitable
• 静 quiet
• 困 be troubled
• 恐 fear
• 欲 want
• 疲 tired
• 忙 busy
• 偶 chance
• 偉 admirable
• 情 feelings
• 難 difficult

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