僚 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 身分の低い役人。
  2. 地位を同じくする仲間。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「人」+音符「尞」。「役人」を意味する漢語{僚}を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

colleague, official, companion

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • リョウJHS
Other languages
  • 拼音liao2
  • 한글ryo
  • Hán-ViệtLiêu

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
人(ひと)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+50DA

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰亻尞

Words using this kanji

  • 僚友りょうゆうcolleague, workmate, comrade, coworker
  • 僚船りょうせん一緒に運行している仲間の船舶。consort ship
  • 僚艦りょうかん自艦と艦隊を組む友軍艦。 旗艦と一組となる友軍艦。consort ship
  • 僚機りょうき自機と編隊を組む友軍機 長機と一組となる友軍機consort plane

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(40 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-2-12
Four Corner
2429.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2a12.4
Heisig
1842
Nelson
545