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Kanji Detail for 量 - "measure, quantity, capacity"
量
- Meaning
量 means "measure, quantity, capacity."
Measure - To determine size or amount.
Quantity - An amount; a number.
Capacity - The ability to contain.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
quantity; measure; weight; amount; consider; estimate; surmise
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
measure, quantity, capacity
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to measure
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
measure, volume; amount, quantity
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A vessel for measuring the volume of objects. Such as the dou and hu measures. | The capacity to contain is called 量. As in 度量 (tolerance), 局量 (capacity). | All measuring weight, quantity, or length is called 量. Therefore deliberating the importance of matters is also called 商量 (discuss). | To estimate. As in 量力而行 (act according to one's ability), 量入為出 (spend according to income). Also read Departing tone.
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Sentences including 量
There is a large number of people and cars in that street.
There wasn't much traffic.
He turned up the volume on the television.
Traffic on the street was really terrible.
She gives too much money to her son.
She was equal to the job.
I believe in you.
There is heavy traffic on this street.
There is heavy traffic in this street.
There is a great deal of traffic on this road.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
しかし書かれたものの分量があまりに多過ぎるので、一息にそこで読み通す訳には行かなかった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
私の心はこの多量の紙と印気が、私に何事を語るのだろうかと思って驚いた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
けれども飲めば飲める質でしたから、ただ量を頼みに心を盛り潰そうと力めたのです。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
けれども飲めば飲める質でしたから、ただ量を頼みに心を盛り潰そうと力めたのです。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha