Kanji

Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

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Stroke count: 11

Meaning: weir, fish trap, beam, girder

Kunyomi: はり うつばり うちばり やな はし

Onyomi: リョウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: tree

Examples

Onyomi Examples

リョウ Liang dynasty (of China; 502-557)

山泊 リョウザンパク place of assemblage for the bold and ambitious

高粱 コウリョウ kaoliang, variety of sorghum, esp. used in making spirits

コウリョウ arched beam used in shrine and temple construction

Kunyomi Examples

はり beam, joist

はりせい height of a beam, beam as measured from top to bottom

うつばり (roof) beam

うつばり (roof) beam

やな (fish) weir, fish trap