凉 — Edit Snapshot — Chinese Character Wiki

liángliàng HSK2

cool

approved by Peter Olson · Sep 27, 2021, 01:50 AM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Sep 27, 2021, 01:50 AM

pronunciation note

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Original meaning: light alcohol, dilute wine

Phonosemantic compound. 冫 is a simplification of 氵 (water), based on the original meaning "light alcohol, dilute wine". 京 represents the sound. Simplified form of 涼.

Components

冫 Meaning component

冫 is a component form of 冰.

京 Sound component

Change in sound

凉 and 京 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫康熙字典
Readings & variants: Unicode