Kanji N3

良: good, pleasing, skilled

良 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning good, pleasing, skilled, written with 7 strokes. It is read リョウ (on) and よい, いい (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 良い (よい, good) and 良く (よく, nicely).

良

Meanings

  • good
  • pleasing
  • skilled
Strokes7
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#501 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • リョウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • よい
  • -よい
  • いい
  • -いい

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 良

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 良いよい

    good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable

    JLPT N5
  • 良くよく

    nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully

    JLPT N5
  • 不良ふりょう

    bad; poor; inferior; defective

    JLPT N1
  • 良好りょうこう

    good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable

    JLPT N1
  • 改良かいりょう

    improvement; reform

    JLPT N1
  • 良識りょうしき

    good sense

    JLPT N1
  • 良質りょうしつ

    good quality; fine quality; superior quality

    JLPT N1
  • 良心りょうしん

    conscience

    JLPT N1

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