料
料 — Fee
fee, materials
On’yomiリョウ (ryou)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (10 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 料
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 資料 | しりょう shiryou | material; materials; data |
| 無料 | むりょう muryou | free (of charge); gratuitous |
| 料金 | りょうきん ryoukin | fee; charge; fare |
| 料理 | りょうり ryouri | cooking; cookery; cuisine |
| 材料 | ざいりょう zairyou | materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.) |
| 燃料 | ねんりょう nenryou | fuel |
Study notes
料 is a JLPT N4 kanji written with 10 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 4), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #295 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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