梁

See also: 粱

Translingual

Han character

梁 (radical 75 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水金木 (ECD), 水戈木 (EID), four-corner 3390₄, composition ⿱⿰氵⿰⿹刀丶丶木)

1. bridge
2. beam
3. girder
4. rafter
5. (historical) Liang, the ancient Chinese state of Wei after its elevation to an independent kingdom
6. A surname​.

References

• KangXi: page 528, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14825
• Dae Jaweon: page 916, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1220, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6881

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Cantonese

Hanzi

梁 (Jyutping loeng4, Yale leung4)

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Japanese

Kanji

梁

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

• On: りょう (ryō)
• Kun: はし (hashi), はり (hari), やな (yana)

Noun

梁 (hiragana はり, romaji hari)

1. beam, joist

梁 (hiragana やな, romaji yana)

1. fish trap, fish weir

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Korean

Hanja

梁 (ryang, yang) (hangeul [[량, 양]], revised ryang, yang, McCune-Reischauer ryang, yang, Yale lyang, yang)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

梁 (Pinyin liáng (liang2), Liáng (Liang2), Wade-Giles liang², Liang²)

Synonyms

• 魏 (kingdom)
• 魏國, 魏国 (kingdom)
• 梁國, 梁国 (kingdom)

Compounds

• 高梁
• 上梁不正下梁歪

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Min Nan

Hanzi

梁 (TLPA niû (niu⁵))

References

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

梁 (lương)