料 — how to write the kanji for “fee”
料 (“fee” and “materials”) is a JLPT N4 kanji taught in fourth grade in Japan. In newspapers it is the 295th most used kanji. Its parts sit side by side: 米 (“rice”), strokes 1–6; 斗 (“Big Dipper”, its radical), strokes 7–10, each finished before the next. On its own it is the word ryou, “fee; charge”. Its common words take the reading ryou: 料理 (“cooking”), 料金 (“fee”), 無料 (“free”) and 資料 (“material”). Chinese reads it liào, “material”, at HSK 3.
- Strokes
- 10
- JLPT
- N4
- Radical
- 斗 (“Big Dipper”)
- On
- リョウ
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- Dot ㇔top leftdown and right
- Left-falling stroke ㇒topdown and left
- Horizontal ㇐leftrightwards
- Vertical ㇑top leftdownwards
- Left-falling stroke ㇒leftdown and left
- Dot ㇔leftdown and right
- Dot ㇔topdown and right
- Dot ㇔centerdown and right
- Horizontal ㇐centerrightwards
- Vertical ㇑top rightdownwards
Japanese and Chinese
Japanese and Chinese draw all 10 strokes in the same order and direction, by our stroke-by-stroke comparison.
Trace it
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Readings
- On (Chinese-derived)
- リョウ ryou
- Kun (native)
- none
- Meanings
- fee; materials
- Read ryou
- 料理 料金 無料 資料 材料 燃料
- School year
- fourth grade
- Newspaper rank
- 295th of 2,500 (KANJIDIC2)
- Korean hanja
- 료 ryo
- Common words
- 47 in JMdict
Words with 料
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 料理 | りょうり ryouri | cooking; cookery |
| 料金 | りょうきん ryoukin | fee; charge |
| 無料 | むりょう muryou | free; gratuitous |
| 資料 | しりょう shiryou | material; materials |
| 材料 | ざいりょう zairyou | materials; ingredients |
| 燃料 | ねんりょう nenryou | fuel |
| 食料 | しょくりょう shokuryou | food |
| 手数料 | てすうりょう tesuuryou | (handling) fee; charge |
| 給料 | きゅうりょう kyuuryou | salary; wages |
| 原料 | げんりょう genryou | raw materials; ingredient |
Most common first (JMdict).
Practice sheet
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Keep going
Same parts:
JLPT N4, in list order: