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Kanji Detail for 涼 - "cool, refreshing"

涼

  • Meaning

    涼 means "cool, refreshing." Also associated with lonely.

    1. Cool - Pleasantly cold; refreshing.

    2. Refreshing - Invigorating; revitalizing.

    3. Lonely - Desolate; melancholic.

  • Words using 涼

    • 清涼 せいりょう Listen cool; refreshing
    • 涼風 りょうふう Listen cool breeze; refreshing breeze
    • 涼む すずむ Listen to cool oneself; to cool off; to enjoy the cool air

  • Four-character idioms with 涼

    • 新涼灯火 しんりょうとうか Listen the coolness of early autumn is suitable for reading
    • 満目荒涼 まんもくこうりょう Listen all nature being bleak and desolate; scene looking desolate and forlorn as far as the eye can see

  • Origin of 涼

    The water radical 氵 beside 京, the high capital hill, lending the reading ryō: the cool of high ground above water. Refreshment as altitude plus river.

    How to remember it: The breeze on the hill 京 above the river 氵 — the exact temperature of relief: cool.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

  • Tattoo check: 涼

    • Verified meaning: cool, refreshing
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read さやか, すず, すずか, すずし)
    • Also carries these associations: lonely

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 涼

    Given names 涼(さやか)Listen 涼(すず)Listen 涼(すずか)Listen 涼(すずし)Listen 涼(すずみ)Listen 涼(りょう)Listen 涼(りよう)Listen

    Surnames 涼(りょうじ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    refreshing; nice and cool

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    cool, cold; disheartened

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前涼|前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 後涼|后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北涼|北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南涼|南凉[Nan2 Liang2] (397-414), Western Liang 西涼|西凉 (400-421)

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    cool, cold; disheartened

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Thin. Meager virtue is called 涼德. See Zuozhuan. | Slight cold. The Book of Odes says: "The north wind, how cold it is" (北風其涼). | Name of a prefecture. Established in the Han dynasty. Present-day Gansu. | Name of states. During the Eastern Jin, various Han and non-Han peoples successively occupied parts of Gansu, all using 涼 as their state name. Zhang Gui was Former Liang. Lü Guang was Later Liang. Juqu Mengxun was Northern Liang. Li Gao was Western Liang. Tufa Wugu was Southern Liang.

  • Onyomi

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    ryoh(リョウ) リョウ

  • Kunyomi

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    hiya.su(ひ-やす) ひ-やす

    makotoni(まこと-に) まこと-に

    suzu.mu(すず-む) すず-む

    suzu.shii(すず-しい) すず-しい

    suzu.yaka(すず-やか) すず-やか

    usu.i(うす-い) うす-い

  • Strokes

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    11 strokes

  • Radical

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    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    cool lonely refreshing sadness grief thin sparse breezy brisk chilly cold crisp desolate invigorating melancholic mild pleasant serene soothing temperate

Sentences including 涼

  • It's cool this morning , isn't it?

  • It's cool today.

  • It has cooled off.

  • It is nice and cool here.

  • It was nice and cool there.

  • It is nice and cool here.

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