涼 U+6DBC, 涼 ← 涻[U+6DBB] CJK Unified Ideographs 涽 →[U+6DBD]
涼 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, Cangjie input 水卜口火 (EYRF), four-corner 30196, composition ⿰氵京)
- 𡰏
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 628, character 24
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17606
- Dae Jaweon: page 1030, character 13
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1657, character 6
- Unihan data for U+6DBC
trad. 涼/凉 simp. 凉 alternative forms 鿌
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡ·raŋ, *ɡ·raŋs, *ɡ·raŋs): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 京 (OC *kraŋ).
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-glak ~ m-glaŋ (“cold; freeze”). Cognate with 霜 (OC *sraŋ, “frost”), Tibetan གྲང་ (grang, “cold”). According to Schuessler (2007), this etymon seems to have a wider distribution: Compare Austroasiatic Kharia raŋga (“cold; freeze”), Khmer រងា (rɔngiə, “cold”).
A derivative is probably 凔 (OC *sʰaːŋ, “cold”). A vocalic variant is 冷 (OC *raːŋʔ, *reːŋ, *reːŋʔ, “cold”).
涼
- cool; cold
- discouraged; disheartened
- forlorn
- (traditional Chinese medicine) heat-preventing
- (slang, neologism) be done for; be finished or destroyed; gone for the dogs; curtains (for someone) 都散了吧，Flash平臺已涼！ [MSC, trad.]都散了吧，Flash平台已凉！ [MSC, simp.]Dōu sàn le ba, Flash píngtái yǐ liáng! [Pinyin][Let’s] all go away; the Flash platform is already dead! 作為手機系統的webOS早就涼透了！ [MSC, trad.]作为手机系统的webOS早就凉透了！ [MSC, simp.]Zuòwéi shǒujī xìtǒng de webOS zǎojiù liáng tòu le! [Pinyin]As a phone OS, webOS is long since thoroughly dead!
- (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) free from worry; congenial
- (Cantonese) to get cool (from a fan or an aircon)
- 冷 (lěng, “cold”)
涼
- to allow (a hot object) to cool by letting it sit for a while
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to assist
- “涼”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2026.
Kanji in this term 涼 りょうGrade: S on’yomi
- 凉
(Jōyō kanji)
- cool, refreshing
- lonely, desolate
- Go-on: ろう (rō)←らう (rau, historical)
- Kan-on: りょう (ryō, Jōyō)←りやう (ryau, historical)
- Kun: すずしい (suzushii, 涼しい, Jōyō)、すずむ (suzumu, 涼む, Jōyō)、すずやか (suzuyaka, 涼やか)、うすい (usui, 涼い)、さがす (sagasu, 涼す)、ひやす (hiyasu, 涼す)、まことに (makotoni)
- Nanori: すけ (suke)、りょ (ryo)
/rɨau/ → /rjau/ → /rjɔː/ → /rjoː/
From Middle Chinese 涼 (MC ljang|ljangH).
- IPA(key): [ɾʲo̞ː]
- (Tokyo) りょー [ryóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
涼(りょう) • (ryō) ←りやう (ryau)?
- cool breeze; refreshing coolness
- 涼(りょう)を取(と)る (ryō o toru, “cool off”)
涼(りょう) • (Ryō) ←りやう (Ryau)?
- (historical) Liang, name of five of the Sixteen Kingdoms:
- 前涼 (Zenryō, “Former Liang”, 320-376 CE)
- 後涼 (Kōryō, Goryō, “Later Liang”, 386-403 CE)
- 南涼 (Nanryō, “Southern Liang”, 397-414 CE)
- 北涼 (Hokuryō, “Northern Liang”, 397-439 CE)
- 西涼 (Seiryō, “Western Liang”, 400-421 CE)
- a female given name
涼 (eumhun 서늘할 량 (seoneulhal ryang), word-initial (South Korea) 서늘할 양 (seoneulhal yang))
- hanja form? of 량/양 (“cool, cold”)
- hanja form? of 량/양 (“disheartened”)
涼: Hán Nôm readings: lương, ghềnh
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