涼

See also: 凉

Translingual

Han character

涼 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水卜口火 (EYRF), four-corner 3019₆, composition ⿰氵京)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 628, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17606
• Dae Jaweon: page 1030, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1657, character 6
• Unihan data for U+6DBC

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Chinese

trad.		涼
simp.		凉

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 涼
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (京) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
涼	*ɡ·raŋ, *ɡ·raŋs, *ɡ·raŋs
凉	*ɡ·raŋ
椋	*ɡ·raŋ
綡	*ɡ·raŋ
輬	*ɡ·raŋ
諒	*ɡ·raŋs
掠	*ɡ·raŋs, *ɡ·raɡ
弶	*ɡaŋs
京	*kraŋ
麖	*kraŋ
鶁	*kraŋ
景	*kraŋʔ
鯨	*ɡraŋ
黥	*ɡraŋ
勍	*ɡraŋ
剠	*ɡraŋ
倞	*ɡraŋs
影	*qraŋʔ
璟	*qraŋʔ, *kʷraŋʔ
憬	*kʷraŋʔ
暻	*kʷraŋʔ
澋	*ɡʷraːŋʔ

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-glak ~ m-glaŋ (“cold; freeze”). Cognate with 霜 (OC *sraŋ, “frost”). According to Schuessler (2007), this etymon seems to have a wider distribution: Compare Austroasiatic Kharia raŋga (“cold; freeeze”), Khmer រងា (rɔngiə, “cold”).

A derivative is probably 凔 (OC *sʰaːŋ, “cold”). A vocalic variant is 冷 (OC *raːŋʔ, *reːŋ, *reːŋʔ, “cold”).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 涼

1. cool; cold
2. discouraged; disheartened
3. forlorn
4. heat-preventing
5. (slang, neologism) be done for; be finished or destroyed; gone for the dogs; curtains (for someone)

   都散了吧，Flash平臺已涼！ [MSC, trad.]
   都散了吧，Flash平台已凉！ [MSC, simp.]

   Dōu sàn le ba, Flash píngtái yǐ liáng! [Pinyin]

   [Let's] all go away; Flash platform is already dead!

   作為手機系統的webOS早就涼透了！ [MSC, trad.]
   作为手机系统的webOS早就凉透了！ [MSC, simp.]

   Zuòwéi shǒujī xìtǒng de webOS zǎojiù liáng tòu le! [Pinyin]

   webOS as a cell phone OS is dead thoroughly long since!

See also

• 冷 (lěng, “cold”)

References

• “Entry #7498”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

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Japanese

Kanji

涼

(Jōyō kanji)

1. cool, refreshing
2. lonely, desolate

Readings

• Go-on: ろう (rō)^{←らう (rau, historical)}
• Kan-on: りょう (ryō, Jōyō)^{←りやう (ryau, historical)}
• Kun: すずしい (suzushii, 涼しい, Jōyō); すずむ (suzumu, 涼む, Jōyō); すずやか (suzuyaka, 涼やか); うすい (usui, 涼い); さがす (sagasu, 涼す); ひやす (hiyasu, 涼す); まことに (makotoni)
• Nanori: すけ (suke); りょ (ryo)

Compounds

Compounds

• 涼意(りょうい) (ryōi)
• 涼陰(りょういん), 涼蔭(りょういん) (ryōin)
• 涼雨(りょうう) (ryōu)
• 涼感(りょうかん) (ryōkan)
• 涼気(りょうき) (ryōki), 涼(すず)気(け) (suzuke)
• 涼月(りょうげつ) (ryōgetsu), 涼月(りょうげつ) (Ryōgetsu)
• 涼州(りょうしゅう) (Ryōshū, “Liang Province”)
• 涼袋(りょうたい) (Ryōtai)
• 涼亭(りょうてい) (ryōtei)
• 涼飇(りょうひょう) (ryōhyō)
• 涼風(りょうふう) (ryōfū), 涼風(すずかぜ) (suzukaze)
• 涼棚(りょうほう) (ryōhō)
• 涼味(りょうみ) (ryōmi)
• 炎涼(えんりょう) (enryō)
• 寒涼(かんりょう)性(せい) (kanryōsei)
• 後涼(こうりょう) (Kōryō), 後涼(ごりょう) (Goryō)
• 後涼(こうりょう)殿(でん) (Kōryōden)
• 荒涼(こうりょう) (kōryō)
• 秋涼(しゅうりょう) (shūryō)
• 初涼(しょりょう) (shoryō)
• 清涼(しょうりょう) (shōryō)
• 新涼(しんりょう) (shinryō)
• 凄涼(せいりょう) (seiryō)
• 清涼(せいりょう) (seiryō)
• 清涼(せいりょう)殿(でん) (Seiryōden)
• 西涼(せいりょう) (Seiryō)
• 前涼(ぜんりょう) (Zenryō)
• 爽涼(そうりょう) (sōryō)
• 南涼(なんりょう) (Nanryō)
• 納涼(のうりょう) (nōryō), 納涼(どうりょう) (dōryō)
• 曝涼(ばくりょう) (bakuryō)
• 晩涼(ばんりょう) (banryō)
• 微涼(びりょう) (biryō)
• 悲涼(ひりょう) (hiryō)
• 北涼(ほくりょう) (Hokuryō)
• 夜涼(やりょう) (yaryō)
• 冷涼(れいりょう) (reiryō)
• 涼暮(すずくれ)月(づき), 涼(すず)暮(く)れ月(づき) (Suzukure-zuki)
• 朝涼(あさすず) (asasuzu)
• 夕涼(ゆうすず) (yūsuzu)

Alternative forms

Kanji in this term
涼
りょう Grade: S
on'yomi

• 凉

Etymology

/rɨau/ → /rjau/ → /rjɔː/ → /rjoː/

From Middle Chinese 涼 (MC ljang|ljangH).

Noun

涼(りょう) • (ryō) ^{←りやう (ryau)?}

1. cool breeze; refreshing coolness

Derived terms

• 涼(りょう)を取(と)る (ryō o toru, “cool off”)

Proper noun

涼(りょう) • (Ryō) ^{←りやう (ryau)?}

1. (historical) Liang, name of five of the Sixteen Kingdoms:
   1. 前涼 (Zenryō, “Former Liang”, 320–376 CE)
   2. 後涼 (Kōryō, Goryō, “Later Liang”, 386–403 CE)
   3. 南涼 (Nanryō, “Southern Liang”, 397–414 CE)
   4. 北涼 (Hokuryō, “Northern Liang”, 397–439 CE)
   5. 西涼 (Seiryō, “Western Liang”, 400–421 CE)
2. a female given name

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 涼 (lương, ghềnh)

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