Meaning & readings
quantity, measure, weight, amount, consider, estimate, surmise
On’yomi リョウ
Kun’yomi はか.る
Nanori かず
Origin
This character combines two parts to represent the idea of measuring or determining quantity. The top part, 旦, originally depicted the sun rising over the horizon, symbolizing clarity and visibility. The bottom part, 里, represents a village or area of land. Together, these components suggest measuring out a defined space or amount of something, as if using clear light to see and assess what you have. Over time, the meaning expanded from physical measurement to the broader sense of quantity, weight, or amount, and even the abstract idea of considering or estimating something.
Common words
Reference
- Strokes
- 12
- Kangxi radical
- 166
- Formation type
- Compound ideographic (combined meanings)
- Grade
- Grade 4 (Kyōiku)
- Frequency rank
- #469 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 2
- Unicode
- U+091CF