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Kanji 僚: meanings, readings, and example words.

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Kanji 僚: colleague, official, companion

Key takeaways

Kanji 僚: colleague, official, companion. Readings and core meaning.

See vocabulary and examples below.

Kanji at a glance

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Meaning

colleagueofficialcompanion

On reading

リョウ

Radical

Core meaning / core image

Core meaning: 僚

colleague, official, companion

Kanji structure breakdown

Structure breakdown

亻 + 尞

Mnemonic story

Mnemonic story

Imagine people (亻) gathered together working by the light of a torch (尞). This represents 'colleagues' who share a workspace under the same light or 'officials' serving together in government.

On'yomi and kun'yomi

On reading

リョウ
  • 官僚かんりょう

    bureaucrat / bureaucracy official

  • 同僚どうりょう

    coworker / colleague

Commonly used words

  • 官僚
    かんりょう

    bureaucrat / bureaucracy official

  • 同僚
    どうりょう

    coworker / colleague

Example sentences

Example 1

は政策を決める役割です。

Translation

Bureaucrats have the role of deciding policies.

Example 2

彼は政府の官として働いている。

Translation

He works as a government bureaucrat.

Example 3

と一緒にプロジェクトを進める。

Translation

I work on the project together with my coworker.

Example 4

が飲み会に誘ってくれた。

Translation

A coworker invited me to a drinking party.

Kanji 僚: colleague, official, companion | Daily Nihongo