Japanese symbol for “capacity”
容量
ようりょう
Romaji: youryou
capacity; volume
In Japanese, capacity is 容量, read ようりょう (youryou).
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Meanings
- n capacity; volume
- n capacitance (physics)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “capacity”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 容積 | ようせき youseki | capacity; volume |
| 技能 | ぎのう ginou | technical skill; ability; capacity |
| 体積 | たいせき taiseki | capacity; volume |
| 量 | りょう ryou | quantity; amount; volume |
| 定員 | ていいん teiin | capacity (of a bus, boat, theatre, etc.); seating capacity |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 内容 | ないよう naiyou | contents; content; substance |
| 容易 | ようい youi | easy; simple; plain |
| 美容 | びよう biyou | beauty; good figure; (beautiful) appearance |
| 収容 | しゅうよう shuuyou | accommodation; taking in; receiving |
| 容器 | ようき youki | container; receptacle; vessel |
| 容疑 | ようぎ yougi | suspicion; charge |
| 大量 | たいりょう tairyou | large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction) |
| 重量 | じゅうりょう juuryou | weight |
See also: Chinese symbol for “capacity”.
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