量 (liáng)
to measure
How 量 is written
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 日 — sun/day
- Traditional
- 量
- Simplified
- 量 (unchanged)
Components
量 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- liáng
- to measure
- liàng
- capacity; quantity; amount; to estimate
Common words using 量
- 儘量 jǐnliàng
- as much as possible; to the greatest extent
- 力量 lìliang
- power; force; strength
- 大量 dàliàng
- great amount; large quantity; bulk
- 數量 shùliàng
- amount; quantity; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 流量 liúliàng
- flow rate; rate; throughput
- 海量 hǎiliàng
- huge volume
- 能量 néngliàng
- energy; capabilities
- 質量 zhìliàng
- quality; mass (in physics); CL:個|个[ge4]
- 適量 shìliàng
- appropriate amount
- 銷量 xiāoliàng
- sales volume
- 份量 fènliang
- see 分量[fen4 liang5]
- 分量 fēnliàng
- component
量 in a sentence
進去前要先量體溫。
Jìnqù qián yào xiān liáng tǐwēn.
“You need to measure your body temperature before entering.”
How common is 量?
量 is the 241st most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 59.8% of all running text.
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