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Kanji Detail for 僚 - "official, companion, comrade"

僚

  • Meaning

    僚 means "official, companion, comrade."

    1. Colleague - A fellow worker; a coworker.

    2. Official - A government officer.

    3. Companion - One who accompanies another.

  • Words using 僚

    • 閣僚 かくりょう Listen cabinet ministers
    • 官僚 かんりょう Listen bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
    • 同僚 どうりょう Listen coworker; co-worker; colleague
    • 幕僚 ばくりょう Listen staff; staff officer

  • Tattoo check: 僚

    • Verified meaning: official, companion, comrade
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あきら, つかさ, りょう, りよう)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 僚

    Given names 僚(あきら)Listen 僚(つかさ)Listen 僚(りょう)Listen

    Surnames 僚(りよう)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    colleague; official; companion

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    companion, colleague; officials; bureaucracy; a pretty face

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Liao

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    companion, colleague; officials; bureaucracy; a pretty face

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Companion. Colleagues. Those holding the same office are called 僚. Also written as 寮. Also, brothers-in-law are called 僚壻.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ryoh(リョウ) リョウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    14 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    official companion comrade colleague co-worker associate ally collaborator coworker fellow government mate officer partner peer

Sentences including 僚

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