量 means “quantity, measure”

りょう · ryou

Also: weight, amount

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

はかる

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

リョウ

Taught in grade 4 · 12 strokes

The story

The sun (日) weighed on a balance (里): measuring the passage of time and weight alike. 量 is the kanji of precision: 分量 (bunryou, portion) determines the perfect amount of dashi in a soup, while 量子 (ryoushi, quantum) reaches into the smallest scales of the universe. In daily life, 量 answers the eternal question: how much?

Used in 量 (ryou, quantity), 大量 (tairyou, large amount), and 重量 (juuryou, weight/mass)

Words with 量

• 大量 (たいりょう, tairyou): large quantity

Example sentences

• 大量の水を飲みました。 I drank a large amount of water.
• この量で足りますか。 Is this amount enough?

More from Measurement & Size

• 測 measure
• 少 few
• 倍 double
• 満 full
• 大 big
• 小 small
• 短 short
• 広 wide
• 狭 narrow
• 重 heavy
• 軽 light (weight)
• 深 deep

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