亮
liàng HSK2

bright

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approved by Prismcool · Mar 30, 2024, 10:27 PM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Mar 30, 2024, 10:27 PM

Also marked as iconic component

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Phonosemantic compound. 人 represents the meaning and 京 represents the sound. Depicts a person (人) in a high place (京).

Components

人
人 MeaningIconic component
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 人 than it was in ancient scripts.
京
京 SoundIconic component
Change in sound
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 京 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartljangH[r]aŋ-s brightness

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica