Hanja Analyzer
良

良 — ryang

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
어질 량
Romanization
ryang
English
good, virtuous, respectable
Mandarin
liáng
Japanese on'yomi
リョウ, ロウ
Japanese kun'yomi
よ.い -よ.い い.い -い.い
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 4
Newspaper frequency
#501 of 2,500
Strokes
7
Radical
艮 (138, 1 residual)
Unicode
U+826F

Korean example words with 良

  • 양마良馬 Korean gloss: 좋은 말
  • 양답良畓 Korean gloss: 기름진 논
  • 양전良田 Korean gloss: 기름진 밭
  • 최량最良 Korean gloss: 가장 좋음
  • 양민良民 Korean gloss: 선량한 백성
  • 양부良否 Korean gloss: 좋음과 나쁨
  • 양상良相 Korean gloss: 훌륭한 재상
  • 양적良籍 Korean gloss: 양민의 호적
  • 양처良妻 Korean gloss: 어질고 착한 아내
  • 양질良質 Korean gloss: 좋은 바탕이나 품질
  • 양약良藥 Korean gloss: 효험이 있는 좋은 약
  • 양가良家 Korean gloss: 지체가 있는 좋은 집안

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 良

  • 不良ふりょう bad; poor; inferior
  • 良りょう good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
  • 改良かいりょう improvement; reform
  • 良いよい good; excellent; fine
  • 良さよさ merit; virtue; good quality
  • 良かったらよかったら if you like
  • 優良ゆうりょう superior; excellent; fine
  • 良好りょうこう good; fine; excellent
  • 良心りょうしん conscience
  • 仲良くなかよく on good terms (with); on friendly terms (with); (getting along) well
  • 良識りょうしき good sense
  • 良質りょうしつ good quality; fine quality; superior quality

Characters sharing the phonetic 良

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “량”

Other hanja with radical 艮

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