# 量 — Quantity

Frequency rank 345 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

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

More common than 観 (View), less common than 族 (Tribe).

- On’yomi: りょう
- Kun’yomi: はか
- Radical: 里 Village (Kangxi 166)
- Frequency path: Level III of XX

Dawn on top illuminates a village below — at dawn, the village measures its harvest, weighing every sack to determine the quantity of grain.

In words:

- 量 りょう — quantity,amount,volume,portion (of food)
- 量る はかる — to measure,to weigh,to survey
- 測量 そくりょう — measurement,surveying

[Study 量](https://app.kanjidrift.com/study?kanji=%E9%87%8F)

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