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This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Reading

Kana: リョウ
Romaji: ryō
Kana
Romaji

Name Reading

Kana: はるか
Romaji: haruka
Kana
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Meaning

distant

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  14
Radical Number:  162
Frequency:  2050
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  3-3-12
Korean Reading:  ryo
Chinese Reading:  liao2
Unicode:  907c
JIS:  4E4B

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3168
Nelson Index: 4741
New Nelson Index: 6111
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2q12.5
Four Corner Index: 3430.9
Japanese Names Index: 2590
Daikanwanjiten Index: 39137X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 11.0189
Remembering the kanji Index: 2419
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 2025
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2733
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2499
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3930

Words

(りょう)
Liao (dynasty, 916-1125 CE); Khitan Empire
遼遠 (りょうえん)
remote; far off
西遼 (せいりょう)
Western Liao (Central Asian Khitan empire, 1132-1211 CE)
前途遼遠 (ぜんとりょうえん)
goal; destination
遼東の豕 (りょうとうのいのこ)
taking pride in something mundane, thinking it is exceptional; Liaodong boar
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