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See also: 𠅙
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Translingual
Alternative forms
- In mainland China, the bottom component is written 几 while in other regions, the bottom component is written 儿, which is the historical form found in the Kangxi dictionary.
- A CJK compatibility ideograph exists at
U+F977for a duplicate code point in the KS X 1001 character set used in South Korea.
Han character
亮 (Kangxi radical 8, 亠+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 卜口月山 (YRBU), four-corner 00217, composition ⿳亠口冗 or ⿱⿳亠口冖几(G) or ⿱⿳亠口冖儿(HTJK or U+F977))
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 89, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 304
- Dae Jaweon: page 188, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 286, character 3
- Unihan data for U+4EAE
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Chinese
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *raŋs): semantic 人 (“person”) + phonetic 京 (OC *kraŋ). In the variant 𠅙, the body of the tower is more recognizable.
Etymology 1
Part of an Austroasiatic word family; compare Khmer [script needed] (-rāṃṅa, “to be light; to be bright”) (Schuessler, 2007), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *raaŋʔ (“light; to shine”); as well as:
Alternatively, STEDT compares it to Proto-Kuki-Chin *klaaŋ-I, *klaan-II (“to shine; light; bright”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): niang4
- (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): liāng
- (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): liān
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): loeng6
- (Dongguan, Jyutping++): ngoeng3
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): liang5
- (Yangjiang, Jyutping++): lieng6
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): loeng6
- Gan (Wiktionary): liong5
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): lion3
- Northern Min (KCR): liōng
- Eastern Min (BUC): liông
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): lyorng5 / lyoeng5
- Southern Min
- Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): liang6
- Wu (Wugniu)
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lian5
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: liàng
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: liàng
- Wade–Giles: liang4
- Yale: lyàng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lianq
- Palladius: лян (ljan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /li̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: niang4
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: liang
- Sinological IPA (key): /niaŋ²¹³/
- (Xi'an)
- Guanzhong Pinyin: liāng
- Sinological IPA (key): /liaŋ⁵⁵/
- (Nanjing)
- Nanjing Pinyin: liān
- Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): lian4
- Sinological IPA (key): /liã⁴⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: loeng6
- Yale: leuhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: loeng6
- Guangdong Romanization: lêng6
- Sinological IPA (key): /lœːŋ²²/
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
- Jyutping++: ngoeng3
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋøŋ³²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: liang5
- Sinological IPA (key): /liaŋ³²/
- (Yangjiang Yue, Jiangcheng)
- Jyutping++: lieng6
- Sinological IPA (key): /liɛŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: liong5
- Sinological IPA (key): /liɔŋ¹¹/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liong
- Hakka Romanization System: liong
- Hagfa Pinyim: liong4
- Sinological IPA: /li̯oŋ⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: liong˖
- Sinological IPA: /lioŋ³³/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: lion3
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /liɒ̃⁴⁵/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: liōng
- Sinological IPA (key): /liɔŋ⁵⁵/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: liông
- Sinological IPA (key): /l̃uɔŋ²⁴²/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: lyorng5
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: liō̤ng
- Sinological IPA (key): /lyɒŋ¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: lyoeng5
- Sinological IPA (key): /lyøŋ²¹/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
Note:
- Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taiwan:
- liāng - colloquial;
- liōng - literary.
- Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
- Jyutping++: liang6
- Sinological IPA (key): /liɐŋ²²/
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
- Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Jiading, Songjiang, Chongming, Suzhou, Changzhou, Jiaxing, Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Ningbo, Zhoushan)
- Wugniu: 6lian
- MiniDict: lian去
- Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 3lian
- Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /liã²³/
- Sinological IPA (Jiading): /liã¹³/
- Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /liæ̃¹³/
- Sinological IPA (Chongming): /ɦliã³¹³/
- Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /liã²³¹/
- Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /liaŋ²⁴/
- Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /liã¹¹³/
- Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /liæ̃¹¹³/
- Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /liaŋ¹¹/
- Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /liã¹¹³/
- Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /liã¹³/
- (Jinhua)
- (Northern: Shanghai, Jiading, Songjiang, Chongming, Suzhou, Changzhou, Jiaxing, Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Ningbo, Zhoushan)
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: lian5
- Sinological IPA (key): /li̯æn²¹/
- (Changsha)
- Dialectal data
- Middle Chinese: ljangH
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]aŋ-s/
- (Zhengzhang): /*raŋs/
Definitions
亮
- (alt. form 倞) bright; brilliant; radiant
- loud and clear
- (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Wu, Xiang) lamp; light
- to shine; to illuminate
- 亮島／亮岛 [Eastern Min] ― Liông-dō̤ / [l̃uoŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ (t-)no³³] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA] ― Liang Island, Beigan, Lienchiang (Matsu), ROC (Taiwan)
- (neologism) to be the highlight; to be epic
- to make one's voice loud and clear; to raise one's voice
- to reveal; to disclose
- 亮刀 ― liàng dāo ― to brandish a knife
- a surname
Synonyms
- (loud and clear):
Compounds
- 不亮
- 了亮
- 亮像
- 亮光 (liàngguāng)
- 亮光光
- 亮光漆
- 亮光蠟 / 亮光蜡
- 亮兒 / 亮儿
- 亮堂 (liàngtáng)
- 亮堂堂
- 亮場子 / 亮场子
- 亮子 (liàngzi)
- 亮家堖 / 亮家垴 (Liàngjiānǎo)
- 亮富
- 亮察
- 亮巨星
- 亮底兒 / 亮底儿
- 亮底牌
- 亮度 (liàngdù)
- 亮晃晃
- 亮晶晶 (liàngjīngjīng)
- 亮梆子
- 亮槅
- 亮漆
- 亮灼灼 (liàngzhuózhuó)
- 亮片
- 亮盒子搖 / 亮盒子摇
- 亮直
- 亮相 (liàngxiàng)
- 亮眼人 (liàngyǎnrén)
- 亮票
- 亮節 / 亮节
- 亮紅燈 / 亮红灯
- 亮紗 / 亮纱
- 亮色調 / 亮色调
- 亮藍 / 亮蓝
- 亮話 / 亮话 (liànghuà)
- 亮醜 / 亮丑
- 亮錚錚 / 亮铮铮
- 亮鐘 / 亮钟
- 亮陰 / 亮阴
- 亮麗 / 亮丽 (liànglì)
- 俐亮
- 傍亮兒 / 傍亮儿
- 光亮 (guāngliàng)
- 利亮
- 嘹亮 (liáoliàng)
- 大天亮
- 大天白亮
- 天亮 (tiānliàng)
- 宏亮 (hóngliàng)
- 寥亮 (liáoliàng)
- 庾亮
- 弼亮
- 心明眼亮 (xīnmíngyǎnliàng)
- 憀亮 (liáoliàng)
- 打亮梆子
- 敞亮 (chǎngliàng)
- 明亮 (míngliàng)
- 明亮亮
- 明亮隔
- 明淨敞亮 / 明净敞亮
- 晶亮 (jīngliàng)
- 晶晶亮亮
- 月亮
- 月亮湖
- 月亮門兒 / 月亮门儿
- 油亮
- 洪亮 (hóngliàng)
- 清亮
- 漂亮
- 漂亮話 / 漂亮话 (piàolianghuà)
- 瀏亮 / 浏亮 (liúliàng)
- 火亮
- 烏亮 / 乌亮 (wūliàng)
- 照亮 (zhàoliàng)
- 熠熠閃亮 / 熠熠闪亮
- 爍亮 / 烁亮
- 發亮 / 发亮 (fāliàng)
- 白得發亮 / 白得发亮
- 眼明心亮 (yǎnmíngxīnliàng)
- 瞭亮 / 了亮
- 矇矇亮 / 蒙蒙亮 (mēngmēngliàng)
- 破天亮
- 簡朝亮 / 简朝亮
- 翼亮
- 虯鏤亮槅 / 虬镂亮槅
- 見亮 / 见亮
- 諸葛亮 / 诸葛亮 (Zhūgě Liàng)
- 豁亮 (huòliàng)
- 豁達明亮 / 豁达明亮
- 貞亮 / 贞亮 (zhēnliàng)
- 貞風亮節 / 贞风亮节
- 趁亮兒 / 趁亮儿
- 蹦兒亮 / 蹦儿亮
- 透亮
- 通亮 (tōngliàng)
- 郭亮 (Guōliàng)
- 閃亮 / 闪亮 (shǎnliàng)
- 陳亮 / 陈亮
- 雪亮 (xuěliàng)
- 響亮 / 响亮 (xiǎngliàng)
- 響亮話 / 响亮话
- 高風亮節 / 高风亮节 (gāofēngliàngjié)
- 鮮亮 / 鲜亮 (xiānliàng)
- 鮮眉亮眼 / 鲜眉亮眼
- 麻麻亮
- 點亮 / 点亮 (diǎnliàng)
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Related to Cantonese ling3 "shiny"?”)
Pronunciation
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lang
- Hakka Romanization System: lang
- Hagfa Pinyim: lang4
- Sinological IPA: /laŋ⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: langˇ
- Sinological IPA: /laŋ¹¹/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
Definitions
亮
Compounds
References
- “亮”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
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Japanese
Kanji
亮
Readings
Compounds
- 亮月 (ryōgetsu): bright moonlight
- 亮察 (ryōsatsu): consideration
- 亮然 (ryōzen): clear, obvious
- 亮直 (ryōchoku): rightfulness
- 明亮 (meiryō): clarity
Etymology 1
From Middle Chinese 亮 (MC ljangH).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
- a male given name
Etymology 2
Compare 明らか (akiraka, “clear, visible”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
- a male given name
References
- “▲亮”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
Korean
Hanja
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Vietnamese
Han character
亮: Hán Nôm readings: lượng, lương
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