Japanese symbol for “weighing”
計量
けいりょう
Romaji: keiryou
measuring; weighing
In Japanese, weighing is 計量, read けいりょう (keiryou).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- n, vs, vt measuring; weighing
- n metric; distance function (math)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “weighing”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 量り | はかり hakari | measurements; weighing |
| 分量 | ぶんりょう bunryou | measuring; weighing |
| 衡量 | こうりょう kouryou | weighing; measuring volume; quantifying |
| 秤量 | ひょうりょう hyouryou | measuring weight; weighing |
| 看貫 | かんかん kankan | weighing; platform scales |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 計画 | けいかく keikaku | plan; project; schedule |
| 設計 | せっけい sekkei | plan; design; layout |
| 計算 | けいさん keisan | calculation; computation; reckoning |
| 合計 | ごうけい goukei | sum total; total amount |
| 時計 | とけい tokei | clock; watch; timepiece |
| 統計 | とうけい toukei | statistics |
| 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 |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.