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量 means 'measure'

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Strokes : 12    Frequency: 514   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-3    Grade: 4   Intermediate lesson: 37    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 45 words   Used in 440 words   Used in 156 names   Component in 1 kanji (1 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
On
   リョウ
Kun
   はか to measure
Name    かず
⿱   dawn   village  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 量 is used 14 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 量 is used 434 times, read 2 ways.
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1. weight
2. heavyweight boxer
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selling by measure; selling by weight; selling by volume
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An additional 6 less common words include 量 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Henshall: 630 (originally: 600)  Joy o' Kanji : 600  Key to Kanji: 1072 

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リョウ   はか to measure   
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タン   ダン    dawn   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
リ   さと village   
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