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)

1. good, virtuous, respectable

Derived characters

• 娘 狼 浪

Descendants

• ら
• ラ

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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

良 (Yale leung4)

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Japanese

Noun

良 (hiragana りょう, romaji ryō)

1. (school mark) good, B
   • 数学の成績は良だった

     すうがくのせいせきはりょうだった

     sūgaku no seiseki wa ryō datta

     I got a B in math

Proper noun

良 (hiragana りょう, romaji Ryō)

1. A male given name

Kanji

良 (grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: りょう (ryō)
• Kun: よい (良い, yoi), いい (良い, ii)
• Nanori: じ (ji), つかさ (tsukasa), なが (naga), まこと (makoto), よし (yoshi), ら (ra), りょ (ryo), ろう (rō)

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

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Korean

Hanja

良
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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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

良 (pinyin liáng (liang2), liǎng (liang3), Wade-Giles liang², liang³)

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Vietnamese

Han character

良 (lương)