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良

良

See also: 艮, 皀, 飠, 食, and 民

Translingual

Han character

良 (radical 138 艮+1, 7 strokes, cangjie input 戈日女 (IAV), four-corner 30732, composition ⿱丶艮)

  1. good, virtuous, respectable

Derived characters

Descendants

References

  • KangXi: page 1013, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30597
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1472, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3170, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+826F

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 良

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 良
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
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 良
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 liáng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ljang ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[r]aŋ/
English good

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 良
Reading # 1/1
No. 8046
Phonetic
component		 良
Rime
group		 陽
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese		 /*raŋ/
Notes 甲金文象宮外兩邊有廊爲廊初文，王侍從常在廊，遂稱之良或郎得貴官義

Definitions

良

  1. Good, much.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Definitions

良

  1. Only used in 方良, alternative form of 魍魎／魍魉 (wǎngliǎng).

References

Japanese

Kanji

良

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. good

Readings

Compounds

  • 良い (yoi, ii): good, beneficial
  • 良さ (yosa): merit, virtue
  • 良く (yoku): well, much
  • 良好 (ryōkō): good, fine
  • 良質 (ryōshitsu): good quality
  • 良否 (ryōhi): quality
  • 良心 (ryōshin): conscience
  • 良識 (ryōshiki): good sense
  • 良い男 (yoi otoko): handsome man
  • 良導体 (ryōdōtai): good conductor
  • 良い天気 (yoi tenki): fair weather
  • 良かったら (yokattara): if you like
  • 最良 (sairyō): best, ideal
  • 優良 (yūryō): superior, excellent
  • 改良 (kairyō): improvement, reform
  • 不良 (furyō): badness, delinquency
  • 善良 (zenryō): goodness, excellence
  • 野良 (nora): the fields
  • 純良品 (junryōbin): genuine article
  • 仲良し (nakayoshi): intimacy, bosom buddy
  • 読み良い (yomiyoi): easy to read
  • 気分が良い (kibun ga yoi): feel good
  • 健康に良い (kenkō ni yoi): be good for the health
  • 丁度良い時に (chōdo yoi toki ni): none too soon

Noun

良 ‎(hiragana りょう, romaji ryō, historical hiragana りやう)

  1. (school mark) good, B
    数学 (すうがく)の成績 (せいせき)は良 (りょう)だった
    sūgaku no seiseki wa ryō datta
    I got a B in math

Proper noun

良 ‎(hiragana りょう, romaji Ryō, historical hiragana りやう)

  1. A male given name

Korean

Hanja

良 • ‎(ryang>yang)
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): 량>양 (revised: ryang>yang, McCune-Reischauer: ryang>yang, Yale: lyang>yang)
  • Name (hangeul): 어질 (revised: eojil, McCune-Reischauer: ŏjil)
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Vietnamese

Han character

良 (lương)

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