量 Kanji – quantity
The Japanese kanji 量 can mean quantity, measure, weight, amount, consider, estimate, surmise.
Meaning and Readings
How is 量 read?
量 has the onyomi reading リョウ and the kunyomi reading はかる.
In romaji, these readings can be written as ryou, hakaru.
Common Japanese Words Using 量
These common Japanese words contain 量. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 雨量（うりょう） — (amount of) rainfall
- 音量（おんりょう） — volume (sound)
- 感慨無量（かんがいむりょう） — deep emotion, being filled with emotion
- 計量（けいりょう） — measuring, weighing
- 軽量（けいりょう） — light weight
- 減量（げんりょう） — loss in weight (esp. body weight), weight reduction
- 降水量（こうすいりょう） — amount of precipitation, precipitation
- 裁量（さいりょう） — discretion, judgement, judgment
- 質量（しつりょう） — mass
- 収量（しゅうりょう） — yield, size of harvest