Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement

諒: fact, reality

Also: understand, appreciate

JLPT N115 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

言 carries the meaning · 京 is drawn in

15 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

リョウryou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 諒りょうfact; truth; understanding
  • 諒察りょうさつconsideration; taking into account
  • 諒闇りょうあんcourt mourning (for the late emperor or…

Also read あきらか, まことに, 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

“Words flowing from the heart and into the world! The lines radiating upward show the power of the voice as it leaves the mouth.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
諒 fact · 京
vs諄 tedious · 享
諒 has 京 where 諄 has 享.
In ChineseSimplified 谅 · traditional, as in Japanese · liàng

Japan keeps the traditional form 諒; mainland China simplifies it to 谅.

Simplified
谅 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
諒 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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