Onyomi: リョウ · Kunyomi: - · Meanings: fee, materials
Kanji for fee, materials
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The kanji 料 combines the “rice” radical (米) with the character for “measure” (斗), symbolizing measuring out grains or ingredients. In ancient times, it represented materials, fees, or costs associated with resources. 料 came to mean materials, ingredients, or fee, capturing preparation, resources, and value.
Measuring out rice — 料 means materials, ingredients, or fee.
Imagine carefully measuring rice for cooking — that’s 料, the kanji for ingredients, materials, or cost.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 料 | りょう | fee, charge, rate | common JLPT-N1 Noun, used as a suffix, Noun |
| 栄 | はやし | ornament, adornment, decoration | Noun |
| 料理 | りょうり | cooking, cookery, cuisine, food, dish | common JLPT-N5 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 料金 | りょうきん | fee, charge, fare | common JLPT-N3 Noun |
| 料理人 | りょうりにん | cook, chef | common Noun |
| 料理店 | りょうりてん | restaurant | Noun |
| 料金表 | りょうきんひょう | table of charges, tariff, price list | Noun |
| 了見 | りょうけん | idea, thought, intention, design, view, inclination, decision, motive | Noun |
| 料理長 | りょうりちょう | head chef, master chef | Noun |
| 料理書 | りょうりしょ | cookbook | Noun |