良

See also: 艮, 皀, 飠, 食, and 民

Translingual

Han character

良 (radical 138 艮+1, 7 strokes, cangjie input 戈日女 (IAV), four-corner 3073₂, composition ⿱丶艮)

1. good, virtuous, respectable

Derived characters

• 娘 狼 浪

Descendants

• ら
• ラ

References

• KangXi: page 1013, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30597
• Dae Jaweon: page 1472, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3170, character 2
• Unihan data for U+826F

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		良

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liáng, liǎng (liang², liang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˊ, ㄌㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): liông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: liáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˊ
    • Wade-Giles: liang²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liang
    • IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ³⁵/

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  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: liǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˇ
    • Wade-Giles: liang³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leang
    • IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: loeng⁴
    • Yale: lèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liông
    • Tâi-lô: liông
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɔŋ¹³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (良, reconstructed)
Character (良), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 來 (37) Final: 陽 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 呂章切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/lɨɐŋ/	/li̯aŋ/	/liaŋ/	/liɐŋ/	/lɨaŋ/	/lĭaŋ/	/liɑŋ/

Old Chinese pronunciation (良, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
良								liáng								‹ ljang ›								/*[r]aŋ/								good
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
良					8046					良					陽					0										/*raŋ/					甲金文象宮外兩邊有廊爲廊初文，王侍從常在廊，遂稱之良或郎得貴官義

References

• Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Kanji

良

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. good

Readings

• On: りょう (ryō)
• Kun: よい (良い, yoi), いい (良い, ii)
• Nanori: じ (ji), つかさ (tsukasa), なが (naga), まこと (makoto), よし (yoshi), ら (ra), りょ (ryo), ろう (rō)

Compounds

良い (yoi, ii): good, beneficial 良さ (yosa): merit, virtue 良く (yoku): well, much 良好 (ryōkō): good, fine 良質 (ryōshitsu): good quality 良否 (ryōhi): quality 良心 (ryōshin): conscience 良識 (ryōshiki): good sense

良い男 (yoi otoko): handsome man 良導体 (ryōdōtai): good conductor 良い天気 (yoi tenki): fair weather 良かったら (yokattara): if you like 最良 (sairyō): best, ideal 優良 (yūryō): superior, excellent 改良 (kairyō): improvement, reform 不良 (furyō): badness, delinquency

善良 (zenryō): goodness, excellence 野良 (nora): the fields 純良品 (junryōbin): genuine article 仲良し (nakayoshi): intimacy, bosom buddy 読み良い (yomiyoi): easy to read 気分が良い (kibun ga yoi): feel good 健康に良い (kenkō ni yoi): be good for the health 丁度良い時に (chōdo yoi toki ni): none too soon

Noun

良 (hiragana りょう, romaji ryō)

1. (school mark) good, B

   数学 (すうがく)の成績 (せいせき)は良 (りょう)だった

   sūgaku no seiseki wa ryō datta

   I got a B in math

Proper noun

良 (hiragana りょう, romaji Ryō)

1. A male given name

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Korean

Hanja

良 (ryang, yang)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 량, 양 (revised: ryang, yang, McCune-Reischauer: ryang, yang, Yale: lyang, yang)

• Name (hangeul): 어질 (revised: eojil, McCune-Reischauer: ŏjil)

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Vietnamese

Han character

良 (lương)

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