りょう
料
り
理

noun, takes する, transitive verb

  1. cooking, cookery, cuisine, meal, food, dish, item on a menu.
  2. (easily) dealing with something, handling (well).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
りょう
料
り
理
 料理 りょうり ✔

Contained Kanji Breakdown

fee, materials
リョウ (4th, N4)
rice, USA, metre
ベイ　こめ　マイ (2nd, N3)
to divide
tree, wood
き　モク　こ- (1st, N5)
Big Dipper, ten sho (vol), sake dipper
ト　ます　トウ (Late Jr. High, N1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ　ゲ　おさ.める (Kentei 1)
logic, arrangement, reason
リ　ことわり　あや (2nd, N4)
king, rule, magnate
オウ　-ノウ　おお (1st, N3)
ri, village, parent's home
さと　リ　さ (2nd)
rice field, rice paddy
た　デン　たん (1st, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド　つち　は (1st, N5)