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良 means 'good'

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Strokes : 7    Radical number: 138    Frequency: 427   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-11    Grade: 4   Intermediate lesson: 24    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 127 words   Used in 371 words   Used in 3271 names   Component in 66 kanji (9 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   リョウ
Kun
   よい good
Additional readings
On    ラ
Kun    いい   -いい
Name    じ   なが   まこと   よし   ら   りょ   ろう
Variants
艮  
See also
長 long  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 良 is used 11 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 良 is used 358 times, read 4 ways.
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リョウ : 129 words FIND ALL
か い り ょ う 0
improvement; reform
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ラ : 20 words FIND ALL
な ら 1
noun
Nara (city)
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よい : 188 words FIND ALL
よ い 1
1. good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable  (also いい (all senses); often written with kana only)
2. sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared
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いい : 21 words FIND ALL
valuable material
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An additional 長 less common words include 良 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Henshall: 628 (originally: 598)  Joy o' Kanji : 598  Key to Kanji: 1071 

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良
リョウ   よい good   
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