# 輛

| 輛 | U+8F1B, &#36635; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8F1B |
| ← 輚 [U+8F1A] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 輜 → [U+8F1C] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 輛 |
| Shinjitai (extended) | 輌 |
| Simplified | 辆 |

### Han character

輛 (Kangxi radical 159, 車+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 十十一中月 (JJMLB), four-corner 5102$_7$, composition ⿰車兩)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1244, character 19
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38361
* Dae Jaweon: page 1721, character 10
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3537, character 8
* Unihan data for U+8F1B

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 倆 | *raŋʔ |
| 兩 | *raŋʔ, *raŋs |
| 脼 | *raŋʔ |
| 緉 | *raŋʔ, *raŋs |
| 蜽 | *raŋʔ |
| 魎 | *raŋʔ |
| 輛 | *raŋs |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *raŋs) : semantic 車 (“vehicle”) + phonetic 兩 (OC *raŋʔ, *raŋs).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): liàng (liang$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng$^6$ / loeng$^{6-2}$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): liòng
    (Meixian, Guangdong): liong$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): lióng / liáng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): liang$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$lian
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: liàng
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: liàng
*** Wade–Giles: liang$^4$
*** Yale: lyàng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lianq
*** Palladius: лян (ljan)
*** Sinological IPA : /li̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: loeng$^6$ / loeng$^{6-2}$
*** Yale: leuhng / léung
*** Cantonese Pinyin: loeng$^6$ / loeng$^{6-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lêng$^6$ / lêng$^{6-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /lœːŋ²²/, /lœːŋ²²⁻³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liòng
*** Hakka Romanization System: liong$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: liong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /li̯oŋ¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: liong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /liɔŋ¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lióng
*** Tâi-lô: lióng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liorng
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɔŋ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /liɔŋ⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáng
*** Tâi-lô: liáng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liarng
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /liaŋ⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: liang$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liáng
*** Sinological IPA : /liaŋ⁵²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$lian
*** MiniDict: lian$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$lian
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /liã²³/
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*raŋs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 輛 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8059 |
| Phonetic component | 兩 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 亮 |
| Old Chinese | /*raŋs/ |
| Notes | 兩的晚起分化字 |

### Definitions

輛
* Classifier for wheeled vehicles. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
    一輛車／一辆车 ― yī liàng chē ― a car
    一輛跑車／一辆跑车 ― yī liàng pǎochē ― a race car

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 輛, 部 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 輛, 掛 > |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 輛, 臺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 輛 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 輛 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 輛, 掛 > |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 輛, 部 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 輛, 掛 > |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 輛 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 輛, 部 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 輛 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 輛, 部 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 架, 掛, 輛 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 乘, 部 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 部 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 部 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 部, 輛, 掛 dated |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 掛, 輛 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 掛, 架 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 架, 部 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 架, 部 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 架 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 架 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 架 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 架 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 架 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 架 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 架 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 架 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 架 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 架 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 架 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 架 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 架 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 架 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 架 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 架 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 部 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 架 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 架 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 架 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 架 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 架 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 架 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 架 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 架 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 架 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 架 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 架 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 架 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 堂 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 隻, 部 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 部 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 輛, 架 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 架 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 輛 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 架 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 架 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 架 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 架 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 輛 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 架 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 輛 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 架, 部 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 架 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 輛 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 輛 |
| Hakka | Changting | 架 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 輛 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 輛 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 部 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 部 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 頂 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 部, 輛 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 臺 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 臺 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 臺, 輛 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 臺 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 臺, 輛 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 輛 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 架 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 部 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 部 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 部 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 部 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 架 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 架 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 部 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 部 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 部, 個 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 架 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 床 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 輛, 臺, 堂 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 部 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 輛, 掛 >, 部 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 輛 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 架 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 架, 部 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 架 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 架, 門 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 架 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 架 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 架 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 架 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 部 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 篷 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 架 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 頂, 部, 把, 隻 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 頂 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 頂, 把, 隻 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 把, 頂 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 頂 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 頂, 隻 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 頂 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 臺 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 頂 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 頂 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 頂 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 架 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 張, 隻 |
| Southern Min | Raoping | 張 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 隻 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 隻 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 輛, 部 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 隻 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 隻 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 頂, 張 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 架 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 架 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 架, 場 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 架, 部 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 架 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 部 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 部 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 部 |
| Wu | Danyang | 部 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 部, 輛 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 部 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 部, 把 † |
| Wu | Jinhua | 部 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 部, 張 †, 把 † |
| Xiang | Loudi | 部 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 間, 部 |
| Note | > - large vehicles; † - large handcarts | > - large vehicles; † - large handcarts |

### Compounds

* 車輛／车辆 (chēliàng)
* 輛起／辆起

## Japanese

| Shinjitai (extended) | 輌 |
| Kyūjitai | 輛 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 輌)

#### Readings

* Go-on: ろう (rō)
* Kan-on: りょう (ryō)
* Kun: くるま (kuruma, 輛)、ならぶ (narabu)

### Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 輛 – see the following entry. :
| 【両りょう】3 | [counter] a car of a train Alternative spelling 輌 |
(This term, 輛, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

### Usage notes

Usually substituted by 両 in modern usage.

## Korean
### Hanja

輛 • (ryang>yang) (hangeul 량>양, revised ryang>yang, McCune–Reischauer ryang>yang, Yale lyang>yang)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

輛: Hán Nôm readings: lượng, lưỡng, lẫng
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