慮
慮 — Prudence
prudence, thought, concern, consider, deliberate, fear
On’yomiリョ (ryo)
Kun’yomiおもんぱくる (omonpakuru)
Kun’yomiおもんぱかる (omonpakaru)
Stroke order (15 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 慮
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 配慮 | はいりょ hairyo | consideration; concern; attention |
| 苦慮 | くりょ kuryo | racking one's brains; worrying oneself; being anxious |
| 考慮 | こうりょ kouryo | consideration; taking into account |
| 憂慮 | ゆうりょ yuuryo | anxiety; concern; fear |
| 遠慮 | えんりょ enryo | reserve; constraint; restraint |
| 不慮 | ふりょ furyo | unforeseen; unexpected; sudden |
Study notes
慮 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 15 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #916 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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