# 料 — Fee

Frequency rank 264 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 議 (Deliberation), less common than 店 (Shop).

- On’yomi: りょう
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 斗 Dipper (Kangxi 68)
- Frequency path: Level III of XX

The long-handled ladle stands upright in the vat flinging its two fat drops onto the same tile, and beside it a kernel of rice is hammered into four flying shards.

In words:

- 料理 りょうり — cuisine
- 料 りょう — material;charge;rate;fee
- 料金 りょうきん — fee,charge,fare

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