# 諒

| 諒 | U+8AD2, &#35538; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8AD2 |
| ← 諑 [U+8AD1] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 諓 → [U+8AD3] |
| 諒 | U+F97D, &#63869; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F97D |
| ← 良 [U+F97C] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 量 → [U+F97E] |

## Translingual
### Han character

諒 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 卜口卜口火 (YRYRF), four-corner 0069$_6$, composition ⿰訁京)
* excuse, forgive
* guess, presume

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1168, character 9
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35653
* Dae Jaweon: page 1633, character 14
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3991, character 3
* Unihan data for U+8AD2
* Unihan data for U+F97D

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 諒
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 涼 | *ɡ·raŋ, *ɡ·raŋs, *ɡ·raŋs |
| 凉 | *ɡ·raŋ |
| 椋 | *ɡ·raŋ |
| 綡 | *ɡ·raŋ |
| 輬 | *ɡ·raŋ |
| 諒 | *ɡ·raŋs |
| 掠 | *ɡ·raŋs, *ɡ·raɡ |
| 弶 | *ɡaŋs |
| 京 | *kraŋ |
| 麖 | *kraŋ |
| 鶁 | *kraŋ |
| 景 | *kraŋʔ |
| 鯨 | *ɡraŋ |
| 黥 | *ɡraŋ |
| 勍 | *ɡraŋ |
| 剠 | *ɡraŋ |
| 倞 | *ɡraŋs |
| 影 | *qraŋʔ |
| 璟 | *qraŋʔ, *kʷraŋʔ |
| 憬 | *kʷraŋʔ |
| 暻 | *kʷraŋʔ |
| 澋 | *ɡʷraːŋʔ |

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): liàng (liang$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): liong
* Jin (Wiktionary): lion$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): liông
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): lyong$^5$ / lyeng$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): liōng / liāng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): liang$^6$
* 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$^6$
*** Yale: leuhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: loeng$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lêng$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /lœːŋ²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liong
*** Hakka Romanization System: liong
*** Hagfa Pinyim: liong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /li̯oŋ⁵⁵/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: lion$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /liɒ̃⁴⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: liông
*** Sinological IPA : /l̃uɔŋ²⁴²/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: lyong$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /lyɒŋ²¹/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: lyeng$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /lyøŋ²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liōng
*** Tâi-lô: liōng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liong
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔŋ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /liɔŋ³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /liɔŋ²²/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liāng
*** Tâi-lô: liāng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liang
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /liaŋ²²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: liang$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liăng
*** Sinological IPA : /liaŋ³⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$lian
*** MiniDict: lian$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$lian
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /liã²³/
* Middle Chinese: ljangH
Rime :
| Character | 諒 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (105) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 力讓切 |
| Baxter | ljangH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /lɨɐŋ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /liɐŋ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /liɑŋ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lɨaŋ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /liaŋ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /lĭaŋ$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /li̯aŋ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | liàng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | loeng$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]aŋ-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·raŋs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 諒 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | liàng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ljang$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[r]aŋ-s/ |
| English | sincere; trust (v.) |
| 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 | 諒 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6823 |
| Phonetic component | 京 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 亮 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡ·raŋs/ |

#### Definitions

諒
* to forgive; to sympathise
* to believe
* honest
* presumably

#### Compounds

* 原諒 / 原谅 (yuánliàng)
* 打諒 / 打谅
* 直諒 / 直谅
* 直諒多聞 / 直谅多闻
* 見諒 / 见谅 (jiànliàng)
* 諒察 / 谅察
* 諒山 / 谅山 (Liàngshān)
* 諒山之戰 / 谅山之战
* 諒得過 / 谅得过
* 諒必 / 谅必
* 諒解 / 谅解 (liàngjiě)
* 諒陰 / 谅阴
* 鑒諒 / 鉴谅
* 體諒 / 体谅 (tǐliàng)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): liáng (liang$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: liáng
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: liáng
*** Wade–Giles: liang$^2$
*** Yale: lyáng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liang
*** Palladius: лян (ljan)
*** Sinological IPA : /li̯ɑŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: loeng$^4$
*** Yale: lèuhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: loeng$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lêng$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lœːŋ²¹/

#### Definitions

諒
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## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* (noun) truth

#### Readings

* Go-on: ろう (rō)
* Kan-on: りょう (ryō)
* Kun: まこと (makoto, 諒)、あきらかにす (akirakanisu)
* Nanori: まこと (makoto)

#### Compounds

* 諒解
* 諒承

#### See also

* 了

### Proper noun

諒(りょう) • (Ryō)
* a male given name

## Korean
### Hanja

諒 (eumhun 믿을 량 (mideul ryang), word-initial (South Korea) 믿을 양 (mideul yang))
* hanja form of 량 (“to believe, true”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

諒: Hán Nôm readings: lượng, lạng
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