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亮

亮 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. あかるい。あきらか。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「儿 （人）」+音符「京」。「あかるい」「あきらか」を意味する漢語｛亮｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

clear, help

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • リョウ
Kun (native)
  • あきらか
Nanori (used in names)
  • あき
  • すけ
  • まこと
  • あきら
  • よし
  • きょう
  • たすく
  • ふさ
Other languages
  • 拼音liang4
  • 한글ryang
  • Hán-ViệtLượng

Basics

Strokes
9 strokes
Radical
亠(なべぶた)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+4EAE

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿳亠口冗

Words using this kanji

  • 亮月りょうげつbright moonlight
  • 亮然りょうぜんあきらか、はっきりしているさま。clear, obvious
  • 亮直りょうちょくrightfulness

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(3 results)

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Lookup codes

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0021.2
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2j7.6
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2928
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302