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涼

涼 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. すずしい。薄寒いこと。
  2. 清いこと。
  3. 物悲しい。
  4. 薄い。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「水」+音符「京」。「さむい」を意味する漢語｛涼｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

refreshing, nice and cool

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • リョウJHS
Kun (native)
  • すず(しい)JHS
  • すず(む)JHS
  • すず(やか)
  • うす(い)
  • ひや(す)
  • まことに
Nanori (used in names)
  • りょ
Other languages
  • 拼音liang2
  • 拼音liang4
  • 한글ryang
  • Hán-ViệtLương
  • Hán-ViệtLượng

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
水(みず)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+6DBC

Components

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰氵京

Words using this kanji

  • 涼風りょうふう涼しい風。cool breeze, refreshing breeze
  • 涼しいすずしい（周りの温度が高いときに）体感温度がほどよいくらい低い。 いやみがなく爽やかで心地よい。 平然としている。そしらぬ風をよそおっている。cool, refreshing, clear (e.g. eyes), bright
  • 涼むすずむ暑さを避け、涼風に当たる。to cool oneself, to cool off, to enjoy the cool air
  • 涼りょう涼しさ。cool breeze, cool air, refreshing coolness
  • 涼気りょうきcool air
  • 涼味りょうみcool, coolness
  • 涼雨りょううcool rain
  • 涼秋りょうしゅう涼しい秋。 陰暦九月。cool autumn, cool fall
  • 涼感りょうかん涼しげな感じ。feelings of coolness (e.g. from wearing light clothing in hot weather), cool feeling, cool impression
  • 涼みすずみcooling oneself, enjoying the cool air
  • 涼亭りょうていpavilion in a garden (used to keep cool), gazebo
  • 涼皮リャンピーliangpi (cold, noodle-like Chinese dish)
  • 涼み台すずみだい夏に暑さを凌ぐため、軒先などに置く縁台。outdoor bench (placed under the eaves of a house and used for cooling off during the summer)
  • 涼み客すずみきゃくpeople out enjoying the cool breezes
  • 涼やかすずやかrefreshing, clear
  • 涼暮月すずくれづきsixth lunar month
  • 涼しさすずしさ涼しいこと。また、その度合い。coolness
  • 涼しげすずしげcool (of temperature), refreshing, clear (of sound, objects, etc.), bright
  • 涼しい顔すずしいかおnonchalant air, unruffled air
  • 涼を取るりょうをとるto enjoy the cool breeze

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-8
Four Corner
3019.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3a8.31
Heisig
335
Nelson
2598