Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1705 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 15

Meaning: dormitory, hostel, villa, tea pavillion

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: リョウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: うかんむり

Meaning: roof

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

(りょう)   hostel, dormitory

長(りょうちょう)   dormitory head

生(りょうせい)   boarder, boarding student

母(りょうぼ)   dorm mother

独身(どくしんりょう)   dormitory for unmarried people

社員(しゃいんりょう)   company dormitory

Onyomi Examples

リョウ hostel, dormitory, bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryō system), tea-ceremony room, villa

リョウセイ boarder, boarding student

大炊 オオイリョウ Bureau of the Imperial Palace Kitchens (under the ritsuryō system)

女男性 メオセイリョウ co-ed dormitory, mixed student accommodation