僚
僚 — Colleague
colleague, official, companion
On’yomiリョウ (ryou)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (14 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 僚
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 閣僚 | かくりょう kakuryou | cabinet ministers |
| 官僚 | かんりょう kanryou | bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy |
| 同僚 | どうりょう douryou | coworker; co-worker; colleague |
| 幕僚 | ばくりょう bakuryou | staff; staff officer |
| 統合幕僚会議 | とうごうばくりょうかいぎ tougoubakuryoukaigi | Joint Staff Council |
| 僚友 | りょうゆう ryouyuu | colleague; workmate; comrade |
Study notes
僚 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 14 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #709 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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