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Started by jarmanso7
at 2019-02-13 15:43:45 UTC ・
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at 2019-02-13 16:58:30 UTC
数 vs 量 vs 数量
Hello everyone. I learnt the word 量 (りょう) some time ago as "amount". However, I recently came across the word 数 conveying "amount" as well. I looked up both words in jisho.org and their meaning appears to be the same according to the definitions "quantity; amount". I noticed that in the case of 数, the primary usage seems to be as a prefix rather than a plain noun. To make it even more complicated, there also exists the word 数量 that makes use of both characters and according to this site means "quantity; volume; amount". I researched a bit around the internet for an explanation on these words with no luck.
Assuming all of the three words are used to convey the same meaning, is there any of them that is used far more frequently, or on the other hand they are equally used but differ depending on the context, etc?
数 vs 量 vs 数量
Hello everyone. I learnt the word 量 (りょう) some time ago as "amount". However, I recently came across the word 数 conveying "amount" as well. I looked up both words in jisho.org and their meaning appears to be the same according to the definitions "quantity; amount". I noticed that in the case of 数, the primary usage seems to be as a prefix rather than a plain noun. To make it even more complicated, there also exists the word 数量 that makes use of both characters and according to this site means "quantity; volume; amount". I researched a bit around the internet for an explanation on these words with no luck.
Assuming all of the three words are used to convey the same meaning, is there any of them that is used far more frequently, or on the other hand they are equally used but differ depending on the context, etc?
Thank you very much,