思量

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Chinese

to think; to consider
capacity; quantity; amount
capacity; quantity; amount; to estimate; to measure
 
simp. and trad.
(思量) 		思 量

Pronunciation

Verb

思量

  1. to reckon; to consider; to turn over in one's mind; to speculate
  2. (literary) to miss; to long for

Synonyms

  • (to reckon):
  • (to miss):

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (思量):
  • → Japanese: 思(し)量(りょう) (shiryō)

Other:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
思 量
し
Grade: 2 		りょう
Grade: 4
on'yomi kan'on

Etymology

/sirjau/ → /ɕirjɔː/ → /ɕirjoː/

From Middle Chinese 思量 (MC si|siH ljang|ljangH). First attested in Japanese in a text from 903.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

思(し)量(りょう) • (shiryō) ←しりやう (siryau)?

  1. consideration, deliberation, thought about something

Verb

思(し)量(りょう)する • (shiryō suru) ←しりやう (siryau)?transitive suru (stem 思(し)量(りょう)し (shiryō shi), past 思(し)量(りょう)した (shiryō shita))

  1. to consider, to deliberate, to think (about something)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "思量する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 思量し しりょうし shiryō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 思量し しりょうし shiryō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 思量する しりょうする shiryō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 思量する しりょうする shiryō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 思量すれ しりょうすれ shiryō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 思量せよ¹
思量しろ² 		しりょうせよ¹
しりょうしろ² 		shiryō seyo¹
shiryō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 思量される しりょうされる shiryō sareru
Causative 思量させる
思量さす 		しりょうさせる
しりょうさす 		shiryō saseru
shiryō sasu
Potential 思量できる しりょうできる shiryō dekiru
Volitional 思量しよう しりょうしよう shiryō shiyō
Negative 思量しない しりょうしない shiryō shinai
Negative continuative 思量せず しりょうせず shiryō sezu
Formal 思量します しりょうします shiryō shimasu
Perfective 思量した しりょうした shiryō shita
Conjunctive 思量して しりょうして shiryō shite
Hypothetical conditional 思量すれば しりょうすれば shiryō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ “思量”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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