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Kanji Information Sheet for 料 ( 
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| English: fee materials | On-Yomi: リョウ | Kun-Yomi: No Kun-yomi readings found for this kanji |
Bushu (Radical) Info:
斗 (とます) – dipper
米 (こめ) – rice
斗 (とます) – dipper
米 (こめ) – rice
Henshall Mnemonic: measure of rice has fixed charge
Levels: JLPT N4 | JLPT 3 (old) | Grade 4
Frequency: #295 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #295 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N5 Words
JLPT N4 Words
JLPT N3 Words
- 無料 [むりょう]
(adj-no,n) free; no charge [K] [D] [Jisho] - 材料 [ざいりょう]
(n) ingredients; material [K] [D] [Jisho] - 食料 [しょくりょう]
(n) food [K] [D] [Jisho] - 料金 [りょうきん]
(n) fee; charge; fare [K] [D] [Jisho] - 給料 [きゅうりょう]
(n) salary; wages [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
- 有料 [ゆうりょう]
(n) admission-paid; toll [K] [D] [Jisho] - 送料 [そうりょう]
(n) postage; carriage [K] [D] [Jisho] - 資料 [しりょう]
(n) materials; data [K] [D] [Jisho] - 原料 [げんりょう]
(n) raw materials [K] [D] [Jisho] - 調味料 [ちょうみりょう]
(n) condiment; seasoning [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
- 料 [りょう]
(n,n-suf) material; charge; rate; fee [K] [D] [Jisho] - 肥料 [ひりょう]
(n) manure; fertilizer [K] [D] [Jisho] - 衣料 [いりょう]
(n) clothing [K] [D] [Jisho] - 燃料 [ねんりょう]
(n) fuel [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 塗料 [とりょう]
(n) paints; painting material [K] [D] [Jisho] - 原材料 [げんざいりょう]
(n) raw materials [K] [D] [Jisho] - 核燃料 [かくねんりょう]
(n) atomic fuel [K] [D] [Jisho] - 試料 [しりょう]
(n) sample; test piece [K] [D] [Jisho] - 使用料 [しようりょう]
(n) rent; hire [K] [D] [Jisho] - 化学肥料 [かがくひりょう]
chemical fertilizer [K] [D] [Jisho] - 手数料 [てすうりょう]
(n) handling charge; commission [K] [D] [Jisho] - 入館料 [にゅうかんりょう]
(n) admission fee [K] [D] [Jisho] - 飲料 [いんりょう]
(n) a drink [K] [D] [Jisho] - 飲料水 [いんりょうすい]
(n) drinking water [K] [D] [Jisho] - 料亭 [りょうてい]
(n) (Japanese) restaurant [K] [D] [Jisho] - 料理屋 [りょうりや]
(n) restaurant [K] [D] [Jisho] - 稿料 [こうりょう]
(n) advance for manuscript; copy-money [K] [D] [Jisho] - 授業料 [じゅぎょうりょう]
(n) school fees [K] [D] [Jisho] - お節料理 [おせちりょうり]
food served during the New Year's Holidays [K] [D] [Jisho] - 史料 [しりょう]
(n) historical records [K] [D] [Jisho] - 飼料 [しりょう]
(n) fodder; feed [K] [D] [Jisho] - 甘味料 [かんみりょう]
(n) sweeteners; sweetening materials [K] [D] [Jisho] - 香料 [こうりょう]
(n) flavoring; spices; perfume; condolence gift [K] [D] [Jisho] - 公共料金 [こうきょうりょうきん]
public utilities charge [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.