良

See also: 艮, 皀, 飠, 食, and 民

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TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

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

1. good, virtuous, respectable

Derived charactersEdit

• 娘 狼 浪

DescendantsEdit

• ら
• ラ

ReferencesEdit

• 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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ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.		良

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liáng (liang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): liòng
• Min Nan (POJ): liông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: liáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˊ
    • Wade-Giles: liang²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liang
    • IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: loeng⁴
    • Yale: lèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: liongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: liong²
    • IPA: /li̯oŋ¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liông
    • Tâi-lô: liông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lioong
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɔŋ¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /lɨɐŋ/▼

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

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*[r]aŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*raŋ/

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

DefinitionsEdit

良

1. Good, much.

Derived termsEdit

• 良月 (Liángyuè)

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liǎng (liang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: liǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˇ
    • Wade-Giles: liang³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leang
    • IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: loeng⁵
    • Yale: léuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ¹³/

DefinitionsEdit

良

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

ReferencesEdit

• (Min Nan) “Query for 良”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan], Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

良

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. good

ReadingsEdit

• On: りょう (ryō), (historical) りやう (ryau)
• 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) ((historical) らう (rau) )

CompoundsEdit

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

NounEdit

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 nounEdit

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

1. A male given name

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

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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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

良 (lương)

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