Hanja Analyzer
量

量 — ryang

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
헤아릴 량
Romanization
ryang
English
measure, quantity, capacity
Mandarin
liàng
Japanese on'yomi
リョウ
Japanese kun'yomi
はか.る
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 4
Newspaper frequency
#469 of 2,500
Strokes
12
Radical
里 (166, 5 residual)
Unicode
U+91CF

Parts that make up 量

  • 旦 아침 단 지평선 위로 올라온 해아침. 소리로도 쓴다
  • 里 마을 리 밭과 흙이 있는 터마을. 소리로도 자주 쓴다

How 量 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 量 as a ideographic compound involving 日, 東.

Korean example words with 量

  • 유량乳量 Korean gloss: 젖의 양
  • 다량多量 Korean gloss: 많은 분량
  • 소량少量 Korean gloss: 적은 분량
  • 수량水量 Korean gloss: 물의 분량
  • 반량半量 Korean gloss: 절반의 분량
  • 재량才量 Korean gloss: 재주와 도량
  • 한량限量 Korean gloss: 한정된 분량
  • 등량等量 Korean gloss: 같은 양(量)
  • 근량斤量 Korean gloss: 저울로 단 무게
  • 미량微量 Korean gloss: 아주 적은 분량
  • 두량斗量 Korean gloss: 일을 헤아려 처리함
  • 적량積量 Korean gloss: 넓이와 무게와 용적

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

Japanese words with 量

  • 大量たいりょう large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
  • 重量じゅうりょう weight
  • 数量すうりょう quantity; volume; amount
  • 総量そうりょう aggregate amount
  • 裁量さいりょう discretion; judgement; judgment
  • 軽量けいりょう light weight
  • 容量ようりょう capacity; volume; capacitance
  • 減量げんりょう loss in weight (esp. body weight); weight reduction; loss in quantity
  • 力量りきりょう ability; capacity; capability
  • 多量たりょう large quantity; large amount
  • 少量しょうりょう small quantity; small amount; narrowmindedness
  • 量的りょうてき quantitative; concerning the quantity

Other hanja read “량”

Other hanja with radical 里

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