量
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- HSK 3.0
- Level 2
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 里 +5
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 量
- Common rank
- #187
- Unicode
- U+91CF
Sound it out + + = · + + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 量
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 量子电动力学 | quantum electrodynamics QED | |
| 量子力学 | quantum mechanics | |
| 不自量力 | (idiom) to overestimate one's capabilities | |
| 自不量力 | to overestimate one's capabilities (idiom) | |
| 量子色动力学 | quantum chromodynamics (particle physics) | |
| 不自量 | not take a proper measure of oneself; to overrate one's own abilities | |
| 量子化 | quantization (physics) | |
| 分子量 | molecular mass | |
| 生物量 | biomass | |
| 发电量 | (power station, solar panel etc) output; capacity | |
| 大量 | great amount; large quantity; bulk; numerous; generous; magnanimous | |
| 量子 | (physics) quantum | |
| 水量 | volume of water; quantity of flow | |
| 无量 | measureless; immeasurable | |
| 天量 | a staggering number; a mind-boggling amount | |
| 小量 | a small quantity | |
| 物理量 | physical quantity | |
| 海量 | (courteous) magnanimity; great capacity for alcohol; (attributive) enormous quantity; mass… | |
| 动量 | momentum | |
| 量化 | to quantify; quantification; quantitative; to quantize; quantization |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 旦 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 旦 sound part | dawn; morning; day | |
| 胆 | gallbladder; gall, guts, courage | |
| 坦 | flat, level, smooth; candid, open | |
| 担 | to bear, to carry; burden, responsibility | |
| 但 | only; but, however, yet, still | |
| 袒 | to strip, to bare | |
| 疸 | jaundice; stomach disorder | |
| 靼 | the Tartars | |
| 怛 | grieving; worried | |
| 亶 | real, sincere, true; truth | |
| 妲 | concubine of the last Shang emperor | |
| 笪 | a coarse mat of rushes or bamboo | |
| 钽 | tantalum |