Onyomi: テイ · Kunyomi: -ほど, ほど · Meanings: amount, degree, distance, extent, formula, law, limits
Kanji for amount, degree, distance, extent, formula
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程 is made from 禾, meaning “grain,” and 呈, meaning “to present” or “to show.” Grain was once measured and presented in fixed amounts to determine distance, quantity, or level. By showing and measuring grain, people could judge how far or how much something was. From this idea, 程 came to mean degree, level, amount, or distance.
程 shows grain being measured and presented to show a certain level or amount.
Imagine measuring out grain carefully to show how much or how far something is. That measured degree is 程.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 程 | ほど | extent, degree, measure | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Adverb (fukushi) |
| 程度 | ていど | degree, amount, grade, standard, of the order of (following a number), about, approximately | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Adverb (fukushi), Noun, used as a suffix |
| 程なく | ほどなく | soon, before long, shortly thereafter | common Adverb (fukushi) |
| 程に | ほどに | the more ... the more ..., as | Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.) |
| 程遠い | ほどとおい | far away, far off | I-adjective (keiyoushi) |
| 程々 | ほどほど | moderate | Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noun |
| 程よい | ほどよい | moderate | I-adjective (keiyoushi) |
| 程近い | ほどちかい | near, nearby, not far off | I-adjective (keiyoushi) |
| 程がある | ほどがある | to have a limit, to go too far (e.g. of a joke) | Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Godan verb with 'ru' ending (irregular verb) |
| 程合い | ほどあい | moderation | Noun |