Question

僚 colleague, official, companion 1 709 14 9 ひと・にんべん・ひとやね 形声 Phonetic A colleague implies someone that you share work with, such as in your company or profession, etc. Here your colleague helps you to erect your pup tent during a company outing. Note: Heisig's warning to keep this distinct from other similiar kanji such as companion (#19), friend (#704), consort (#1203) and comrade (#1637). That is why I chose to have the person element pictured as someone (the colleague in this case) helping with the work of building the pup tent.

Accepted Answer

リョウ 官僚(かんりょう): bureaucrat; bureaucracy同僚(どうりょう): coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate S 人: person大: large; big日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days小: little; small 人 2 (none) colleague Mr. T began working in a japanese compagny. As he sees that his colleague accept to do some extra work during the week-end and even sleep at the office, he says to them: "I pity da fool who work during week-end! You might as well install a pup tent in the office and forget about your home".

Kanji	僚
Onyomi	リョウ
English	colleague, official, companion
Examples	官僚(かんりょう): bureaucrat; bureaucracy 同僚(どうりょう): coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	709
Components	人: person 大: large; big 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days 小: little; small
Number of Strokes	14
Kanji Radical	人
Radical Number	9
Radical Strokes	2
Radical Reading	ひと・にんべん・ひとやね
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	colleague
Koohii Story 1	A colleague implies someone that you share work with, such as in your company or profession, etc. Here your colleague helps you to erect your pup tent during a company outing. Note: Heisig's warning to keep this distinct from other similiar kanji such as companion (#19), friend (#704), consort (#1203) and comrade (#1637). That is why I chose to have the person element pictured as someone (the colleague in this case) helping with the work of building the pup tent.
Koohii Story 2	Mr. T began working in a japanese compagny. As he sees that his colleague accept to do some extra work during the week-end and even sleep at the office, he says to them: "I pity da fool who work during week-end! You might as well install a pup tent in the office and forget about your home".

Colleague Work Pup Companion Person Company Tent 僚