Onyomi: リョウ · Kunyomi: -い.い, -よ.い, い.い, よ.い · Meanings: good, pleasing, skilled
Kanji for good, pleasing, skilled
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良 originally showed something well arranged and properly aligned. It conveyed the idea of things being in a good, correct, and pleasing state. When something is ordered and fits well, it is seen as good. From this image, 良 came to mean good, fine, or favorable.
良 represents something arranged well and in good condition.
Picture everything neatly arranged and looking just right. That satisfying goodness is 良.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 良 | りょう | good (quality, condition, etc.) | common Noun |
| 良い | よい | good, excellent, fine, nice, pleasant, agreeable | common JLPT-N3 JLPT-N1 JLPT-N5 I-adjective (keiyoushi) |
| 良く | よく | nicely, properly, well, skillfully, skilfully | common JLPT-N5 Adverb (fukushi) |
| 夫 | おっと | husband | common JLPT-N4 Noun |
| 良心 | りょうしん | conscience | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 良質 | りょうしつ | good quality, fine quality, superior quality, high quality | common JLPT-N1 Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noun |
| 良識 | りょうしき | good sense | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 良好 | りょうこう | good, fine, excellent, favorable, favourable, satisfactory | common JLPT-N1 Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun |
| いい加減 | いいかげん | irresponsible, perfunctory, careless | common JLPT-N1 Na-adjective (keiyodoshi) |
| 良し悪し | よしあし | right or wrong, good or bad, quality, suitability | common JLPT-N1 Noun |