凉

liáng

cool; cold; chilly; discouraged; disheartened; (liàng) to let something cool down

Radical: 冫 HSK 2 a, v, ad, b, g pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

凉 decomposes into the following components:

冫 京

Semantic component: 冫; phonetic component: 京.

Words containing 凉

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 凉.

乘凉
chéng liáng
to cool off in the shade
五凉
wǔ liáng
the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前涼|前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 後涼|後凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北涼|北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南涼 (397-414), Western Liang 西涼|西凉 (400-421)
冰凉
bīng liáng
ice-cold
冲凉
chōng liáng
to take a shower
凄凉
qī liáng
desolate
凉亭
liáng tíng
pavilion
凉凉
liáng liáng
凉城
liáng chéng
Liangcheng county in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布[Wu1 lan2 cha2 bu4], Inner Mongolia
凉山
liáng shān
凉州
liáng zhōu
Liangzhou district of Wuwei city 武威市[Wu3 wei1 shi4], Gansu
凉席
liáng xí
summer sleeping mat (e.g. of woven split bamboo)
凉快
liáng kuai
nice and cold

Related characters (radical 冫)

Characters that share the radical 冫.

习 冫 冰 冱 冲 决 况 冶 冷 冻 冼 冽 净 凄 准 凇 凈 凋 凌 凍 减 凑 凛 凜

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