梁

See also: 粱 and 樑

Character	梁 U+6881, 梁
Name	CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6881
Block	CJK Unified Ideographs
← 梀 [U+6880] [U+6882] 梂 →

Translingual

Han character

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

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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Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 梁
Bronze inscriptions	Bamboo and silk script	Large seal script	Small seal script

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liáng (liang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): liòng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): niû / liông

  (Teochew, Peng'im): niên⁵ / nion⁵ / liang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: liáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˊ
    • Wade-Giles: liang²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liang
    • IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: loeng⁴
    • Yale: lèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: liongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: liong²
    • IPA: /li̯oŋ¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niû / liông
    • Tâi-lô: niû / liông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: niuu, lioong
    • IPA (Taipei): /niu²⁴/, /liɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /niu¹³/, /liɔŋ¹³/
    • Note: niû - vernacular (Xiamen, Quanzhou, most of Taiwan); niô͘ - vernacular (Zhangzhou, Yilan); liông - literary.
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: niên⁵ / nion⁵ / liang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: niêⁿ / niôⁿ / liâng
    • IPA ^(key): /nĩẽ⁵⁵/, /nĩõ⁵⁵/, /liaŋ⁵⁵/
    • Note: niên5, nion5 - vernacular; liang5 - literary.

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• Middle Chinese: /lɨɐŋ/▼

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

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*raŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*raŋ/

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/

Noun

trad.		梁/樑
simp.		梁
alt. forms		鿄 𣸑 渿 𣹷 𨎛 bridge for vehicles

梁

1. bridge

   橋梁 / 桥梁  ―  qiáoliáng  ―  bridge

2. roof beam

   棟梁 / 栋梁  ―  dòngliáng  ―  ridgepole, pillar, anchor, mainstay

3. ridge

   鼻梁  ―  bíliáng  ―  bridge (of a nose)

Compounds

• 上梁不正下梁歪 (shàngliáng bùzhèng xiàliáng wāi)

• 高梁 (gāoliáng)

Proper noun

simp. and trad.		梁
alt. forms		鿄

梁

1. A surname​.

   梁山伯  ―  Liáng Shānbó  ―  Liang Shanbo

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

Synonyms

• (state of Wei): 魏 (wèi), 魏國／魏国 (Wèiguó)
• (state): 梁國／梁国 (Liángguó)
• (dynasty): 梁朝
• (Southern Liang): 南梁, 蕭梁／萧梁
• (Later Liang): 後梁／后梁, 朱梁

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Japanese

Kanji

梁

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

Readings

• Goon: ろう (rō)
• Kan’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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Vietnamese

Han character

梁 (lương, thông)

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