亮
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See also: 𠅙
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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
- Unihan data for U+F977
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 亮 |
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 s06359 Transcribed ancient scripts  L37007  L37008  L37009  L24090  L24091  L24092  L24093  L24094  L24095  L24096  L24097 |
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References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *raŋs) : semantic 人 (“person”) + phonetic 京 (OC *kraŋ, “building; tower”).
Etymology
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
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): loeng6
- (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
- Southern Min
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 6lian
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lian5
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: liàng
- Wade–Giles: liang4
- Yale: lyàng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lianq
- Palladius: лян (ljan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /li̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: liáng
- Wade–Giles: liang2
- Yale: lyáng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liang
- Palladius: лян (ljan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /li̯ɑŋ³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: niang4
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: liang
- Sinological IPA (key): /niaŋ²¹³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: loeng6
- Yale: leuhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: loeng6
- Guangdong Romanization: lêng6
- Sinological IPA (key): /lœːŋ²²/
- (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/
- (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)
- Southern Min
Note:
- Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taiwan:
- liāng - colloquial;
- liōng - literary.
- Dialectal data
- Middle Chinese: ljangH
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]aŋ-s/
- (Zhengzhang): /*raŋs/
Definitions
亮
- 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
- a surname
Synonyms
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 燈 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 燈 |
| Malaysia | 燈 | |
| Singapore | 燈 | |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 燈 |
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 燈 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 亮 |
| Guilin | 燈 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 燈 |
| Hong Kong | 燈 | |
| Taishan | 燈, 火 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 燈, 火 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 燈 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 燈 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 燈, 火 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 燈, 火 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 燈, 火 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 燈, 火 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 燈, 火 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 燈, 火 | |
| Kuching (Hepo) | 燈 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 燈 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 燈 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 燈 |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 燈, 火 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 火 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 火, 燈 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 火, 燈 | |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 燈 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 燈 |
| Ningbo | 燈, 亮 dated | |
| Wenzhou | 燈 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 燈, 亮 |
| Xiangxiang | 燈 | |
- (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
- 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)
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–
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
Proper noun
- a male given name
- a male given name
Hanja
亮 (eum 량 (ryang))
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Han character
亮: Hán Nôm readings: lượng, lương
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References
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