料 fee

Also: material

On'yomi
リョウ
Strokes
10
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary school, year 4

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
料 is written in 10 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

Scooping 米 rice with a 斗 measuring ladle — you weigh out the ingredients, then charge a fee for them.

A common word

  • 料理 りょうり cooking

Example sentences

  • ははのりょうりはおいしいです。

    My mother's cooking is delicious.

  • でんわのりょうきんをはらいました。

    I paid the phone charges.

Don't confuse it with

  • 粋 chic N1

Kanji that share a part

米 is its radical. 17 kanji share it in all.

斗 is a component.

  • 科 department N3
  • 斜 diagonal N2
  • 魁 charging Ahead Of Others N1