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良

良 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. よい。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

不明。計量器の形、食器の形、部屋から伸びる廊下の形、など複数の説が存在するが定説はない。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

good, pleasing, skilled

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • リョウElem.
Kun (native)
  • よ(い)Elem.
  • 〜よ(い)Elem.
  • い(い)
  • 〜い(い)
Nanori (used in names)
  • じ
  • なが
  • まこと
  • よし
  • ら
  • りょ
  • ろう
Other languages
  • 拼音liang2
  • 한글ryang
  • Hán-ViệtLương

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

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
艮(ねづくり)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+826F

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱丶艮

Words using this kanji

  • 良りょう（リョウ）大学等において、各科目についての成績を表す指標。「優」に劣り、「可」に優越する。good (quality, condition, etc.), Good (grade), B
  • 良いよいgood, excellent, fine, nice
  • 良さよさmerit, virtue, good quality
  • 良かったらよかったらif you like
  • 良好りょうこう状態や結果、成績が良く、このましいこと。good, fine, excellent, favorable
  • 良識りょうしき健全な考えや判断力。good sense
  • 良質りょうしつ品質や性質がよいこと。 品質や性質がよいさま。good quality, fine quality, superior quality, high quality
  • 良心りょうしん他人から見て、積極的な評価ができる心配り又は心延え。 人が内心において、倫理的な理非を判断する基準、価値観。倫理観。conscience
  • 良きよきgoodness, good
  • 良妻りょうさい家庭や夫にとって、良い妻。good wife
  • 良くよくよくの漢字表記。nicely, properly, well, skillfully
  • 良いねいいねthat's good, that's nice, like (on social media), is that clear?
  • 良し悪しよしあしよしあし 参照right or wrong, good or bad, quality, suitability
  • 良心的りょうしんてきconscientious, reasonable (e.g. price), honest, honorable
  • 良品りょうひんfine article, good-quality item, quality product
  • 良俗りょうぞく善良な風俗good custom
  • 良知りょうち生まれつき持っている知恵。 良い友達。intuition
  • 良性りょうせい性質が良いこと。特に、病気が治る性質のことを指す。benign
  • 良書りょうしょgood book, valuable work
  • 良しよしgood, excellent, fine, nice

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

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3073.2
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1578
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