漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons
亮: clear, help
JLPT N19 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
亠 carries the meaning · 口, 冖 and 儿 are drawn in
9 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
リョウryou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 亮察りょうさつconsideration; taking into account
- 亮闇りょうあんcourt mourning (for the late emperor or…
- 亮月りょうげつbright moonlight
Also read あきらか, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine a heavy wooden lid being placed on top of a bubbling iron pot—that's nabebuta! When you see this radical at the top of a kanji, think of something that sits on top, covers, or crowns a structure.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side亮 clear · 儿
vs亭 pavilion · 丁In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · liàng
Same form: 亮 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 亮 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 亮 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin liàng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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