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量 = 旦 + 里

量 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “quantity”. It is built from 旦 (nightbreak) and 里 (ri). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 189. It appears as a component in 1 other character in this index.

Keyword
quantity
RTK frame
189
Strokes
12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
リョウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
はか.る
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
количество
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
量 measure

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 旦 nightbreak
  2. 里 ri

Characters that contain 量

How to find 量 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “nightbreak” + “ri”. 量 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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