梁

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See also: 粱 and 樑
梁 U+6881, 梁
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6881
← 梀
[U+6880] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 梂 →
[U+6882]
梁 U+F97A, 梁
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F97A
← 凉
[U+F979] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 糧 →
[U+F97B]

Translingual[edit]

Traditional 梁
Simplified 梁
Japanese 梁
Korean 梁

Han character[edit]

梁 (radical 75, 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水金木 (ECD) or 水戈木 (EID), four-corner 33904, composition ⿱⿰氵刅ホ)

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

Chinese[edit]

trad. 梁
simp. # 梁
alternative forms 鿄
𣸑
渿
𣹷
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Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 梁
Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Chu Slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
梁-bronze.svg 梁-silk.svg 梁-seal.svg 梁-bigseal.svg
Characters in the same phonetic series (刅) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
梁 *raŋ
粱 *raŋ
刱 *sʰraŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *raŋ): semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 刅 (OC *sʰraŋ) + semantic 木 (“wood”) — a bridge.

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Are the noun senses related to the proper noun senses?”)

Pronunciation[edit]

Note:
  • niû/niô͘ - vernacular (incl. surname);
  • liông/liâng - literary.
Note:
  • nion5, niên5 - vernacular, incl. surname (niên5 - Chaozhou);
  • liang5 - literary.
  • Wu
    Rime
    Character 梁
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 來 (37)
    Final (韻) 陽 (105)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 呂章切
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/lɨɐŋ/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/liɐŋ/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/liɑŋ/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/lɨaŋ/
    Li
    Rong         		/liaŋ/
    Wang
    Li         		/lĭaŋ/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/li̯aŋ/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		liáng
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 梁
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		liáng
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ ljang ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*raŋ/
    English beam; bridge

    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 梁
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 1648
    Phonetic
    component         		刅
    Rime
    group         		陽
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		良
    Old
    Chinese         		/*raŋ/

    Definitions[edit]

    梁

    1. Alternative form of 樑 (“bridge; roof beam; ridge”); also the simplified form.
    2. (historical) state of Liang
      1. An ancient Chinese state during the Spring and Autumn period
      2. An ancient Chinese state of Wei after moving its capital to Daliang
      3. An ancient Chinese state during the Han dynasty
      4. An ancient Chinese state during the Jin (晉) dynasty
      5. One of two ancient Chinese states during the end of the Sui dynasty
    3. (historical) Liang dynasty
      1. Southern Liang, one of the Southern Dynasties
      2. Later Liang of the Five Dynasties
    4. A surname​.

    Synonyms[edit]

    See also[edit]

    Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history
    Name Time period Divisions
    Xia
    夏 (～朝, ～代)     		2070 – 1600 BCE
    Shang
    商 (～朝, ～代)
    殷 (～朝, ～代)     		1600 – 1046 BCE
    Zhou
    周 (～朝, ～代)     		1046 – 256 BCE Western Zhou
    西周
    Eastern Zhou
    東周／东周    		 Spring and Autumn period
    春秋
    Warring States period
    戰國／战国
    Qin
    秦 (～朝, ～代)     		221 – 206 BCE
    Han
    漢／汉 (～朝, ～代)     		206 BCE – 220 CE Western Han
    西漢／西汉
    Xin
    新 (～朝)
    Eastern Han
    東漢／东汉
    Three Kingdoms
    三國／三国     		220 – 280 CE Wei
    魏
    Shu
    蜀
    Wu
    吳／吴
    Jin
    晉／晋 (～朝, ～代)     		265 – 420 CE Western Jin
    西晉／西晋
    Eastern Jin
    東晉／东晋
    Southern and Northern dynasties
    南北朝     		420 – 589 CE Northern dynasties
    北朝    		 Northern Wei
    北魏
    Western Wei
    西魏
    Eastern Wei
    東魏／东魏
    Northern Zhou
    北周
    Northern Qi
    北齊／北齐
    Southern dynasties
    南朝    		 Liu Song
    劉宋／刘宋
    Southern Qi
    南齊／南齐
    Liang
    梁 (～朝, ～代)
    Chen
    陳／陈 (～朝, ～代)
    Sui
    隋 (～朝, ～代)     		581 – 618 CE
    Tang
    唐 (～朝, ～代)     		618 – 907 CE
    Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
    五代十國／五代十国     		907 – 960 CE
    Liao
    遼／辽 (～朝, ～代)     		907 – 1125 CE
    Song
    宋 (～朝, ～代)     		960 – 1279 CE Northern Song
    北宋
    Southern Song
    南宋
    Western Xia
    西夏     		1038 – 1227 CE
    Jin
    金 (～朝, ～代)     		1115 – 1234 CE
    Western Liao
    西遼／西辽     		1124 – 1218 CE
    Yuan
    元 (～朝, ～代)     		1271 – 1368 CE
    Ming
    明 (～朝, ～代)     		1368 – 1644 CE
    Qing
    清 (～朝, ～代)     		1636 – 1912 CE

    Compounds[edit]

    Derived terms from 梁

    Japanese[edit]

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    Kanji[edit]

    梁

    (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

    Readings[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    梁(はり) • (hari) 

    1. beam, joist

    梁(やな) • (yana) 

    1. fish trap, fish weir

    Korean[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    梁 • (ryang>yang) (hangeul 량>양, revised ryang>yang, McCune–Reischauer ryang>yang, Yale lyang>yang)

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    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    梁 (lương)

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