The kanji 量: meaning, readings and stroke order

量

Meaning: amount, measure
On reading: リョウ ryou
Kun reading: はか（る） hakaru
Strokes: 12
Radical: 里 village, mile
Level: Level 4 · grade 4

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: lượng, cân đo (lượng)
Japanese: かさ。はかる。
Korean: 양, 재다 (량·양)
Chinese: 数量、量

Readings, words and example sentences

リョウ ryou · on reading

分ぶん量りょう
amount, dose
薬の 分ぶん量りょうを守ります。
I take the right amount of medicine.

はか（る） hakaru · kun reading

量はかる
to weigh, to measure
米の重さを 量はかります。
I weigh the rice.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.