Kanji N2

量: quantity, measure, weight

量 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning quantity, measure, weight, written with 12 strokes. It is read リョウ (on) and はかる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 重量 (じゅうりょう, weight) and 測量 (そくりょう, measurement).

量

Meanings

  • quantity
  • measure
  • weight
  • amount
  • consider
  • estimate
  • surmise
Strokes12
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#469 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
  • はかる

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 量

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

  • 重量じゅうりょう

    weight

    JLPT N2
  • 測量そくりょう

    measurement; surveying

    JLPT N2
  • 分量ぶんりょう

    amount; quantity

    JLPT N2
  • 量りょう

    quantity; amount; volume; capacity

    JLPT N3
  • 微量びりょう

    minuscule amount; extremely small quantity

    JLPT N1
  • 熱量ねつりょう

    quantity of heat (e.g. in calories, BTU, etc.)

    JLPT N1
  • 感無量かんむりょう

    deep emotion; being filled with emotion

    JLPT N1
  • 大量たいりょう

    large quantity; massive (quantity)

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.