亮
See also: 𠅙
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TranslingualEdit
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Alternative formsEdit
- In mainland China, the bottom component is written 几 while in other regions, the bottom component is written 儿 which is the historical form found in the Kangxi dictionary.
- A CJK compatibility ideograph exists at
U+F977for a duplicate code point in the KS X 1001 character set used in South Korea.
Han characterEdit
亮 (Kangxi radical 8, 亠+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 卜口月山 (YRBU), four-corner 00217, composition ⿳亠口冗 or ⿱⿳亠口冖几(G) or ⿱⿳亠口冖儿(HTJK or U+F977))
Derived charactersEdit
ReferencesEdit
- KangXi: page 89, character 4
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 304
- Dae Jaweon: page 188, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 286, character 3
- Unihan data for U+4EAE
ChineseEdit
| trad. | 亮 | |
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| simp. # | 亮 | |
| alternative forms | 𠅙 | |
Glyph originEdit
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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Ideogrammic compound (會意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *raŋs): semantic 人 (“person”) + phonetic 京 (OC *kraŋ, “building; tower”).
EtymologyEdit
Part of an Austroasiatic word family; compare Khmer [script needed] (-rāṃṅa, “to be light; to be bright”) (Schuessler, 2007), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *raaŋʔ (“light; to shine”); as well as:
Alternatively, STEDT compares it to Proto-Kuki-Chin *klaaŋ-I, *klaan-II (“to shine; light; bright”).
PronunciationEdit
DefinitionsEdit
亮
- bright; brilliant; radiant
- loud and clear
- (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Wu, Xiang) lamp; light
- to shine; to illuminate
- 亮島 / 亮岛 [Min Dong] ― Liông-dō̤ / [l̃uoŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ (t-)no³³] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA] ― Liang Island, Beigan, Lienchiang (Matsu), ROC (Taiwan)
- (neologism) to be the highlight; to be epic
- to make one's voice loud and clear; to raise one's voice
- to reveal; to disclose
- A surname.
SynonymsEdit
Dialectal synonyms of 亮 (“bright”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
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| Classical Chinese | 光 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 光 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 光, 亮兒 † |
| Taiwan | 光 | |
| Jinan | 光, 亮兒 † | |
| Xi'an | 光, 亮 † | |
| Wuhan | 光 | |
| Chengdu | 光 | |
| Guilin | 光 | |
| Yangzhou | 光 | |
| Hefei | 光 | |
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 光 | |
| Dagudi (Maliba) | 光 | |
| Reshuitang (Longling) | 光 | |
| Mae Salong (Lancang) | 光 | |
| Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 光 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 光 |
| Hong Kong | 光 | |
| Yangjiang | 光 | |
| Beihai | 光 | |
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 光 | |
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 光, 亮 | |
| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 光 | |
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 光 | |
| Móng Cái | 光 | |
| Bangkok (Guangfu) | 光 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 光 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 光, 亮 |
| Shanghang | 光 | |
| Bangkok (Jiexi) | 光 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 光, 亮 † |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 光 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 光 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 光 |
| Chaozhou | 光 | |
| Shantou | 光 | |
| Jieyang | 光 | |
| Bangkok (Teochew) | 光 | |
| Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 光 | |
| Hat Yai (Teochew) | 光 | |
| Pontianak (Teochew) | 光 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 光 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 光 |
| Wenzhou | 光 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 亮, 光 |
| Xiangxiang | 光 | |
| Shuangfeng | 光 | |
| Note | † - beam or lamplight | |
| Variety | Location | Words |
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 燈 | |
| Mandarin | Taiwan | 燈 |
| Xi'an | 燈 | |
| Guilin | 燈 | |
| Malaysia | 火, 燈 | |
| Singapore | 燈 | |
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 燈 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 燈 |
| Hong Kong | 燈 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 燈 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 燈 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 燈 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 燈, 火 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu, S. Sixian) | 燈, 火 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong, Hailu) | 燈, 火 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi, Dabu) | 燈, 火 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin, Raoping) | 燈, 火 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei, Zhao'an) | 燈, 火 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 燈 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 燈 |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 燈 |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 燈, 火 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 火 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 火, 燈 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 火, 燈 | |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 燈 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 燈 |
| Ningbo | 燈, 亮 dated | |
| Wenzhou | 燈 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 燈, 亮 |
| Xiangxiang | 燈 | |
- (loud and clear):
Synonyms of 亮
CompoundsEdit
Derived terms from 亮
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ReferencesEdit
- “亮”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
JapaneseEdit
KanjiEdit
亮
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
ReadingsEdit
- Go-on: ろう (rō)←らう (rau, historical)
- Kan-on: りょう (ryō)←りやう (ryau, historical)
- Kun: あきらか (akiraka, 亮らか); すけ (suke, 亮)
- Nanori: あき (aki); あきら (akira); きょう (kyō); たすく (tasuku); ふさ (fusa); まこと (makoto); よし (yoshi)
CompoundsEdit
- 亮月 (ryōgetsu): bright moonlight
- 亮察 (ryōsatsu): consideration
- 亮然 (ryōzen): clear, obvious
- 亮直 (ryōchoku): rightfulness
- 明亮 (meiryō): clarity
ReferencesEdit
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- Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.
Proper nounEdit
- A male given name
- A male given name
KoreanEdit
HanjaEdit
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