良

See also: 艮, 皀, 飠, 食, and 民
良 U+826F, 良
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-826F
← 艮
[U+826E] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 艰 →
[U+8270]
良 U+F97C, 良
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F97C
← 糧
[U+F97B] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 諒 →
[U+F97D]

Translingual

Han character

良 (radical 138 艮+1, 7 strokes, cangjie input 戈日女 (IAV), four-corner 30732, composition ⿱丶艮)

  1. good, virtuous, respectable

Derived characters

Descendants

References

  • KangXi: page 1013, character 23
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30597
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1472, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3170, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+826F

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 良

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 良
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu Slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (良) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
剆 *raːl, *raːlʔ
郎 *raːŋ
稂 *raːŋ
桹 *raːŋ
鋃 *raːŋ
硠 *raːŋ
浪 *raːŋ, *raːŋs
蜋 *raːŋ, *raŋ
琅 *raːŋ
狼 *raːŋ
欴 *raːŋ
踉 *raːŋ, *raŋ, *raŋs
莨 *raːŋ, *raːŋs
艆 *raːŋ
駺 *raːŋ
躴 *raːŋ
筤 *raːŋ
閬 *raːŋ, *raːŋs
哴 *raːŋ, *raŋs
蓈 *raːŋ
廊 *raːŋ
榔 *raːŋ, *raːŋʔ
螂 *raːŋ
瑯 *raːŋ
朗 *raːŋʔ
朖 *raːŋʔ
誏 *raːŋʔ
俍 *raːŋʔ
崀 *raːŋʔ
埌 *raːŋs
蒗 *raːŋs
娘 *naŋ
良 *raŋ
粮 *raŋ
悢 *raŋs

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l(j)a(k/ŋ) (“good, beautiful”).

Pronunciation 1

Note:
  • liông/liâng - literary;
  • niû - vernacular.
Rime
Character 良
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 陽 (105)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 呂章切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /lɨɐŋ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /liɐŋ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /liɑŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /lɨaŋ/
Li
Rong		 /liaŋ/
Wang
Li		 /lĭaŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /li̯aŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 liáng
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 良
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 liáng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ljang ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[r]aŋ/
English good

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 良
Reading # 1/1
No. 8046
Phonetic
component		 良
Rime
group		 陽
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese		 /*raŋ/
Notes 甲金文象宮外兩邊有廊爲廊初文，王侍從常在廊，遂稱之良或郎得貴官義

Definitions

良

  1. good

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

良

  1. Only used in 方良, alternative form of 魍魎／魍魉 (wǎngliǎng).

References

Japanese

Kanji

良

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. good

Readings

Compounds

  • 良い (yoi, ii): good, beneficial
  • 良さ (yosa): merit, virtue
  • 良く (yoku): well, much
  • 良好 (ryōkō): good, fine
  • 良質 (ryōshitsu): good quality
  • 良否 (ryōhi): quality
  • 良心 (ryōshin): conscience
  • 良識 (ryōshiki): good sense
  • 良い男 (yoi otoko): handsome man
  • 良導体 (ryōdōtai): good conductor
  • 良い天気 (yoi tenki): fair weather
  • 良かったら (yokattara): if you like
  • 最良 (sairyō): best, ideal
  • 優良 (yūryō): superior, excellent
  • 改良 (kairyō): improvement, reform
  • 不良 (furyō): badness, delinquency
  • 善良 (zenryō): goodness, excellence
  • 野良 (nora): the fields
  • 純良品 (junryōbin): genuine article
  • 仲良し (nakayoshi): intimacy, bosom buddy
  • 読み良い (yomiyoi): easy to read
  • 気分が良い (kibun ga yoi): feel good
  • 健康に良い (kenkō ni yoi): be good for the health
  • 丁度良い時に (chōdo yoi toki ni): none too soon

Noun

良 (hiragana りょう, rōmaji ryō, historical hiragana りやう)

  1. (school mark) good, B
    数学 (すうがく)の成績 (せいせき)は良 (りょう)だった
    sūgaku no seiseki wa ryō datta
    I got a B in math

Proper noun

良 (hiragana りょう, rōmaji Ryō, historical hiragana りやう)

  1. A male given name

Korean

Hanja

良 (eumhun 어질 량 (eojil ryang), South Korea 어질 양 (eojil yang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

良 (lương)

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