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Kanji Detail for 量 - "measure, quantity, capacity"

量

  • Meaning

    量 means "measure, quantity, capacity."

    1. Measure - To determine size or amount.

    2. Quantity - An amount; a number.

    3. Capacity - The ability to contain.

  • Words using 量

    • 大量 たいりょう Listen large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
    • 数量 すうりょう Listen quantity; volume; amount
    • 重量 じゅうりょう Listen weight
    • 総量 そうりょう Listen aggregate amount
    • 裁量 さいりょう Listen discretion; judgement; judgment
    • 容量 ようりょう Listen capacity; volume; capacitance
    • 軽量 けいりょう Listen light weight
    • 減量 げんりょう Listen loss in weight (esp. body weight); weight reduction; loss in quantity

  • Four-character idioms with 量

    • 情状酌量 じょうじょうしゃくりょう Listen taking the extenuating circumstances into consideration
    • 感慨無量 かんがいむりょう Listen deep emotion; being filled with emotion
    • 千万無量 せんまんむりょう Listen innumerable; unfathomable; unutterable
    • 無量無辺 むりょうむへん Listen immense and limitless

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    • Verified meaning: measure, quantity, capacity
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read はかり, はかる, りょう)

    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 量

    Given names 量(はかる)Listen 量(りょう)Listen

    Surnames 量(はかり)Listen

  • 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.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ryoh(リョウ) リョウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    haka.ru(はか-る) はか-る

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    里 (sato・satohen)

  • Related Keywords

    measure quantity capacity ability container limit amount calculate estimate assess bulk evaluate extent gauge magnitude mass volume weight size total sum number

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.

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