量

liàng
#241 most
frequent character
capacity, quantity, amount

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

量 first weighed heavy objects; old forms used 昜 yáng for sound and 東, a bag, for meaning. In modern 量, 旦 is a leftover of 昜 and 里 merges 東 over 土. Read liáng, it means 'to measure' and 'to evaluate'. Read liàng, it means 'scale' and 'amount'.

Drawn as: bag

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Same Characters, Different Readings

量liáng
measure, estimate, amount

Homophones

HSK 3
辆liàng
classifier for vehicles
HSK 4
亮liàng
bright, clear, resonant, to shine
HSK 6
晾liàng
to dry in the air
凉liàng
to let sth cool down

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