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Kanji Detail for 良 - "good"

良

  • Meaning

    良 means "good." Also associated with virtuous, husband.

    1. Good - Excellent; fine.

    2. Virtuous - Moral; upright.

    3. Husband - A spouse (archaic).

  • Words using 良

    • 不良 ふりょう Listen bad; poor; inferior
    • 改良 かいりょう Listen improvement; reform
    • 良さ よさ Listen merit; virtue; good quality
    • 良かったら よかったら Listen if you like
    • 優良 ゆうりょう Listen superior; excellent; fine
    • 良好 りょうこう Listen good; fine; excellent
    • 良心 りょうしん Listen conscience
    • 良識 りょうしき Listen good sense

  • Four-character idioms with 良

    • 公序良俗 こうじょりょうぞく Listen public order and morals; social standards; public policy
    • 狡兎良狗 こうとりょうく Listen When the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off
    • 良妻賢母 りょうさいけんぼ Listen good wife and wise mother
    • 良知良能 りょうちりょうのう Listen one's innate intelligence and ability
    • 良風美俗 りょうふうびぞく Listen good customs
    • 賢良方正 けんりょうほうせい Listen wise and virtuous; good and able men

  • Tattoo check: 良

    • Verified meaning: good
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read すなお, つかさ, なおし, ながし)
    • Also carries these associations: virtuous, husband

    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 良

    Given names 良(すなお)Listen 良(つかさ)Listen 良(なおし)Listen 良(はじめ)Listen 良(はる)Listen 良(まこと)Listen 良(よし)Listen

    Surnames 良(ながし)Listen 良(まさる)Listen 良(やや)Listen 良(よしじ)Listen 良(よしつぐ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    good; pleasing; skilled

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    good, virtuous, respectable

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    good; very; very much

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    good, virtuous, respectable

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

    Good. When nature is pure and beautiful and never changes, it is called 良. Such as 忠良 (loyal and good), 賢良 (virtuous). A person's moral sense is called 天良. Colloquially called 良心 (conscience). Also, anciently people were divided by occupation into base and good. Such as those with clean family backgrounds were called 良家子弟 (children of good families). A prostitute leaving the trade is called 從良 (returning to decent life). | Good quality of objects is also called 良. Such as saying 良楛 (good and bad). | Deep. Such as in correspondence saying 懸系良殷 (deeply attached). Also, quite a long time is called 良久. | A particle. Meaning "indeed." Such as saying 良有以也 (indeed there is a reason). Seen in (Letter of Emperor Wen of Wei).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ryoh(リョウ) リョウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ii(いい) いい

    yoi(よい) よい

  • Strokes

    tip

    7 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    艮 (ushitora・kon・konzukuri・nezukuri)

  • Related Keywords

    good virtuous husband calm peaceful fortunate prosperous gentle mild obedient honest quiet reserved wise excellent fine beneficial competent favorable great honorable moral noble outstanding pure quality remarkable satisfactory sincere skilled splendid

Sentences including 良

  • What a good teacher mr hirayama is !

  • It's fine today.

  • To talk with a lot of people is good for health.

  • A good idea occurred to him.

  • I know it well enough.

  • I feel better today.

  • I hope that she'll get well soon.

  • The place i live in is very good for your health.

  • We shall leave tomorrow , weather permitting.

  • Smoking is bad for your health.

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