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Kanji Detail for 料 - "material, fee"

料

  • Meaning

    料 means "material, fee." Also associated with measure.

    1. Material - A substance; an ingredient.

    2. Fee - A charge; a cost.

    3. Measure - To estimate; to consider.

  • Words using 料

    • 料理 りょうり Listen cooking; cookery; cuisine
    • 料金 りょうきん Listen fee; charge; fare
    • 無料 むりょう Listen free (of charge); gratuitous
    • 資料 しりょう Listen material; materials; data
    • 材料 ざいりょう Listen materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.)
    • 燃料 ねんりょう Listen fuel
    • 食料 しょくりょう Listen food
    • 手数料 てすうりょう Listen (handling) fee; charge (e.g. for a cancellation); commission

  • Tattoo check: 料

    • Verified meaning: material, fee
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: measure

    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.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    fee; materials

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    consider, conjecture; materials, ingredients

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    ingredients, materials; to conjecture, to guess

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

    To calculate, measure. Measuring and calculating is called 料. Now also means to check and arrange things, as in 料量 (to assess), 料理 (to manage). | Materials that can be used for manufacturing are called 料. Such as 木料 (timber), 衣料 (cloth material). | Old Chinese glass-like material used to imitate pearls and jade is colloquially called 料. | Fodder for cattle and horses is also called 料. Such as 草料 (hay and fodder). | To estimate or anticipate is also called 料. Such as 料事如神 (to predict events with divine accuracy).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ryoh(リョウ) リョウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    斗 (tomasu・to)

  • Related Keywords

    material fee measure consider source charge fare cost ingredient expense price rate substance payment compensation quantity assess calculate estimate evaluate

Sentences including 料

  • She made much use of milk in her cooking.

  • This dish goes very well with sake.

  • It seems that his sister is a good cook.

  • Jim has learned to like japanese dishes.

  • She boasts that she's good at cooking.

  • You must be a good cook.

  • There was food enough for us all.

  • He has a large store of food.

  • I want to eat french cuisine.

  • She is a poor cook.

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