梁

梁 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水金木 (ECD) or 水戈木 (EID), four-corner 3390₄, composition ⿱⿰氵刅ホ)

• 樑, 墚, 簗, 𥛫, 𨄈, 𨎛, 𨫟, 𬪔

• KangXi: page 528, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14825
• Dae Jaweon: page 916, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1220, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6881
• Unihan data for U+F97A

Historical forms of the character 梁
Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *raŋ) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 刅 (OC *sʰraŋ) + semantic 木 (“wood”) — a bridge.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Are the noun senses related to the proper noun senses?”)

梁

1. Alternative form of 樑 (“bridge; roof beam; ridge”);also the simplified form.
2. (historical) state of Liang
   1. An ancient Chinese state during the Spring and Autumn period
   2. An ancient Chinese state of Wei after moving its capital to Daliang
   3. An ancient Chinese state during the Han dynasty
   4. An ancient Chinese state during the Jin (晉) dynasty
   5. One of two ancient Chinese states during the end of the Sui dynasty
3. (historical) Liang dynasty
   1. Southern Liang, one of the Southern Dynasties
   2. Later Liang of the Five Dynasties
4. a surname

   梁山伯  ―  Liáng Shānbó  ―  Liang Shanbo (in the legend of Butterfly Lovers)

   梁啟超／梁启超  ―  Liáng Qǐchāo  ―  Liang Qichao (Chinese intellectual and politician who lived during the late Qing dynasty and the early Republic of China)

• (state of Wei): 魏 (wèi), 魏國／魏国 (Wèiguó)
• (state): 梁國／梁国 (Liángguó)
• (dynasty): 梁朝 (Liángcháo)
• (Southern Liang): 南梁 (Nánliáng), 蕭梁／萧梁 (Xiāoliáng)
• (Later Liang): 後梁／后梁 (Hòuliáng), 朱梁

Others:

• → Bouyei: Liangz, Liangf
• → English: Liang, Leung, Leong, Neo, Leo
• → Zhuang: Liengz

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

• Go-on: ろう (rō)
• Kan-on: りょう (ryō)
• Kun: はし (hashi, 梁); はり (hari, 梁); やな (yana, 梁)

梁(はり) • (hari) 

1. beam, joist

梁(やな) • (yana) 

1. fish trap, fish weir

From Middle Chinese 梁 (MC lɨɐŋ). Recorded as Middle Korean 랴ᇰ (lyang) (Yale: lyang) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Wikisource 梁 (eumhun 들보 량 (deulbo ryang), South Korea 들보 양 (deulbo yang))

1. Hanja form^? of 량/양 (“beam; bridge”).

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

梁: Hán Nôm readings: lương

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