諒

See also: 谅

Translingual

Han character

諒 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 卜口卜口火 (YRYRF), four-corner 0069₆, composition ⿰訁京)

1. excuse, forgive
2. guess, presume

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1168, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35653
• Dae Jaweon: page 1633, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3991, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8AD2

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Chinese

trad.		諒
simp.		谅

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 諒
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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liàng, liáng (liang⁴, liang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˋ, ㄌㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁶ / loeng⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): liōng / liāng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): liang⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liàng
    • Wade–Giles: liang⁴
    • Yale: lyàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lianq
    • Palladius: лян (ljan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liáng
    • Wade–Giles: liang²
    • Yale: lyáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liang
    • Palladius: лян (ljan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: loeng⁶ / loeng⁴
    • Yale: leuhng / lèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁶ / loeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁶ / lêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ²²/, /lœːŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liōng
    • Tâi-lô: liōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liong
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /liɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liāng
    • Tâi-lô: liāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liaŋ²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: liang⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liăng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liaŋ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ljangH

Rime
Character	諒
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力讓切
Baxter	ljangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨɐŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/liɐŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/liɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɨaŋH/
Li Rong	/liaŋH/
Wang Li	/lĭaŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯aŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	loeng6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]aŋ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·raŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	諒
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	liàng
Middle Chinese	‹ ljangH ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]aŋ-s/
English	sincere; trust (v.)
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	諒
Reading #	1/1
No.	6823
Phonetic component	京
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	亮
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·raŋs/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 諒

1. to forgive; to sympathise
2. to believe
3. honest
4. presumably

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Japanese

Kanji

諒

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. (noun) truth

Readings

• On (unclassified): りょう (ryō)
• Kun: まこと (makoto, 諒); あきらかにす (akirakanisu)

Compounds

• 諒解
• 諒承

See also

• 了

Proper noun

諒(りょう) • (Ryō) 

1. a male given name

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Korean

Hanja

諒 • (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) 諒 (lượng, lạng)

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