諒

See also: 谅

諒	U+8AD2, 諒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8AD2

← 諑
[U+8AD1]

CJK Unified Ideographs

諓 →
[U+8AD3]

諒	U+F97D, 諒 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F97D

← 良
[U+F97C]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

量 →
[U+F97E]

Translingual

Han character

諒 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 卜口卜口火 (YRYRF), four-corner 0069₆, composition ⿰訁京)

excuse, forgive
guess, presume

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1168, character 9
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35653
Dae Jaweon: page 1633, character 14
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3991, character 3
Unihan data for U+8AD2

Unihan data for U+F97D

Chinese

trad.		諒
simp.		谅

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 諒
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (京) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
涼	ɡ·raŋ, ɡ·raŋs, *ɡ·raŋs
凉	*ɡ·raŋ
椋	*ɡ·raŋ
綡	*ɡ·raŋ
輬	*ɡ·raŋ
諒	*ɡ·raŋs
掠	ɡ·raŋs, ɡ·raɡ
弶	*ɡaŋs
京	*kraŋ
麖	*kraŋ
鶁	*kraŋ
景	*kraŋʔ
鯨	*ɡraŋ
黥	*ɡraŋ
勍	*ɡraŋ
剠	*ɡraŋ
倞	*ɡraŋs
影	*qraŋʔ
璟	qraŋʔ, kʷraŋʔ
憬	*kʷraŋʔ
暻	*kʷraŋʔ
澋	*ɡʷraːŋʔ

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liàng (liang⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): liong
Jin (Wiktionary): lion³
Eastern Min (BUC): liông
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): lyorng⁵ / lyoeng⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): liōng / liāng

(Teochew, Peng'im): liang⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lian

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liàng
  - Wade–Giles: liang⁴
  - Yale: lyàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lianq
  - Palladius: лян (ljan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: loeng⁶
  - Yale: leuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liong
  - Hakka Romanization System: liong
  - Hagfa Pinyim: liong⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /li̯oŋ⁵⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: lion³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /liɒ̃⁴⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: liông
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃uɔŋ²⁴²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: lyorng⁵
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: liō̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lyɒŋ¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: lyoeng⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lyøŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liōng
  - Tâi-lô: liōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liong
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /liɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liɔŋ²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liāng
  - Tâi-lô: liāng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liang
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liaŋ²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: liang⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liăng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liaŋ³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶lian
  - MiniDict: lian^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lian
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /liã²³/

Middle Chinese: ljangH

Rime
Character	諒
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力讓切
Baxter	ljangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨɐŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/liɐŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/liɑŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɨaŋ^H/
Li Rong	/liaŋ^H/
Wang Li	/lĭaŋ^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯aŋ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	loeng⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]aŋ-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·raŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	諒
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	liàng
Middle Chinese	‹ ljang^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]aŋ-s/
English	sincere; trust (v.)
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	諒
Reading #	1/1
No.	6823
Phonetic component	京
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	亮
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·raŋs/

Definitions

諒

Compounds

原諒 / 原谅 (yuánliàng)
打諒 / 打谅
直諒 / 直谅
直諒多聞 / 直谅多闻
見諒 / 见谅 (jiànliàng)
諒察 / 谅察
諒山 / 谅山 (Liàngshān)
諒山之戰 / 谅山之战
諒得過 / 谅得过
諒必 / 谅必
諒解 / 谅解 (liàngjiě)
諒陰 / 谅阴
鑒諒 / 鉴谅
體諒 / 体谅 (tǐliàng)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liáng (liang²)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liáng
  - Wade–Giles: liang²
  - Yale: lyáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liang
  - Palladius: лян (ljan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: loeng⁴
  - Yale: lèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ²¹/

Definitions

諒

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Japanese

Kanji

諒

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

(noun) truth

Readings

Go-on: ろう (rō)
Kan-on: りょう (ryō)
Kun: まこと (makoto, 諒)、あきらかにす (akirakanisu)
Nanori: まこと (makoto)

Compounds

Proper noun

諒(りょう) • (Ryō)

a male given name

Korean

Hanja

諒 (eumhun 믿을 량 (mideul ryang), word-initial (South Korea) 믿을 양 (mideul yang))

hanja form^? of 량 (“to believe, true”)

Vietnamese

Han character

諒: Hán Nôm readings: lượng, lạng

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