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漢字Kanji · in Structures & Home

寮: dormitory, hostel

Also: villa, tea pavillion

JLPT N115 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

宀 carries the meaning · 尞 gives the sound

15 strokes
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Oracle bone: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.

One reading, and the words that use it

リョウryou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 寮りょうhostel, dormitory
  • 寮長りょうちょうdormitory head
  • 寮生りょうせいboarder, boarding student
  • 寮母りょうぼdorm mother
  • 独身寮どくしんりょうdormitory for unmarried people
  • 社員寮しゃいんりょうcompany dormitory

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成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Under one roof! Imagine the safety and warmth of a sturdy house at the end of a long day.”
More in the 宀 roof story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
宀

Also built on roof (宀)

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尞

Also built on 尞

寮 takes the 尞 family's reading, リョウ (ryou).

Also read リョウ

29 kanji share this on'yomiAll 29

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
寮 dormitory · 宀
vs僚 colleague · 亻
寮 has 宀 where 僚 has 亻.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · liáo

Same form: 寮 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
寮 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
寮 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin liáo most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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