# 亮

| 亮 | U+4EAE, &#20142; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EAE |
| ← 亭 [U+4EAD] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 亯 → [U+4EAF] |
| 亮 | U+F977, &#63863; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F977 |
| ← 略 [U+F976] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs | 兩 → [U+F978] |

## Translingual
### Alternative forms

* In mainland China, the bottom component is written 几 while in other regions, the bottom component is written 儿 which is the historical form found in the Kangxi dictionary.
* A CJK compatibility ideograph exists at U+F977 for a duplicate code point in the KS X 1001 character set used in South Korea.

### Han character

亮 (Kangxi radical 8, 亠+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 卜口月山 (YRBU), four-corner 0021$_7$, composition ⿳亠口冗 or ⿱⿳亠口冖几(G) or ⿱⿳亠口冖儿(HTJK or U+F977))

#### Derived characters

* 𬾻, 喨, 湸, 𫮌, 𫱍, 𢝋, 𪱧, 𭦾, 𪳄, 煷, 𤦻, 𭿏, 𮎝, 𮖞, 𭀴, 𭧓, 𮛽, 𨩎, 𭿧, 𩹗

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 89, character 4
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 304
* Dae Jaweon: page 188, character 10
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 286, character 3
* Unihan data for U+4EAE
* Unihan data for U+F977

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 亮
* Bronze inscriptionsb13614b13615Small seal scripts06359Transcribed ancient scriptsL37007L37008L37009L24090L24091L24092L24093L24094L24095L24096L24097
* References:
* Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:
* Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
* Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
* Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
* Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *raŋs): semantic 人 (“person”) + phonetic 京 (OC *kraŋ, “building; tower”). In the variant 𠅙, the body of the tower is more recognizable.

### Etymology 1

Part of an Austroasiatic word family; compare Khmer [script needed] (-rāṃṅa, “to be light; to be bright”) (Schuessler, 2007), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *raaŋʔ (“light; to shine”); as well as:
   * ស្រាំង (srang, “to be pale; to be colourless”) with 爽 (OC *sraŋʔ),
   * [script needed] (brāṅa, “to grow light (after dark)”) with 炳 (OC *praŋʔ).
   * បំព្រាង (bɑmpriəng, “to shed a pale light”) with 明 (OC *mraŋ).
Alternatively, STEDT compares it to Proto-Kuki-Chin *klaaŋ-I, *klaan-II (“to shine; light; bright”).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): liàng (liang$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): niang$^4$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): loeng$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): liang$^5$
    (Yangjiang, Jyutping++): lieng$^6$
* Gan (Wiktionary): liong$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): liong
    (Hailu, HRS): liong$^˖$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): liong$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): lion$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): liōng
* Eastern Min (BUC): liông
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): lyong$^5$ / lyeng$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): liāng / liōng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): liang$^6$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^6$lian
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lian$^5$
* 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/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: niang$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: liang
*** Sinological IPA : /niaŋ²¹³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: loeng$^6$
*** Yale: leuhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: loeng$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lêng$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /lœːŋ²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: liang$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /liaŋ³²/
** (Yangjiang Yue, Jiangcheng)
*** Jyutping++: lieng$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /liɛŋ⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: liong$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /liɔŋ¹¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liong
*** Hakka Romanization System: liong
*** Hagfa Pinyim: liong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /li̯oŋ⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: liong$^˖$
*** Sinological IPA: /lioŋ³³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: liong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /liɔŋ⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: lion$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /liɒ̃⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: liōng
*** Sinological IPA : /liɔŋ⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: liông
*** Sinological IPA : /l̃uɔŋ²⁴²/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: lyong$^5$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: liō̤ng
*** Sinological IPA : /lyɒŋ²¹/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: lyeng$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /lyøŋ²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liāng
*** Tâi-lô: liāng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liang
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /liaŋ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /liaŋ³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /liaŋ²²/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liōng
*** Tâi-lô: liōng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liong
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔŋ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /liɔŋ²²/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /liɔŋ³³/
* Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taiwan:
** liāng - colloquial;
** liōng - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit亮 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /liɑŋ⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /liaŋ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /liɑŋ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /liaŋ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /liaŋ⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /liaŋ³¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /liaŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /liɔ̃²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /liɑŋ¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /liɑ̃¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /liɑŋ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /niaŋ³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /niaŋ¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /niaŋ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /liã̠²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /liaŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /liɑ̃⁵³/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /liɒ̃⁴⁵/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /liɑŋ³⁵/ /luə³⁵/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /liɑ̃⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /liã²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /liã³¹/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /liɑŋ¹³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /li²²/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /lia²²/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /liau¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /lian⁵⁵/ /lian¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /nian²¹/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /liɔŋ²¹/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /lioŋ⁵³/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /lioŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /lœŋ²²/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /lœŋ²²/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /lœŋ²²/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /liɔŋ²²/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /luɔŋ²⁴²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /liɔŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /liaŋ³⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /liaŋ³⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: ljangH
Rime :
| Character | 亮 |
| 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): /*raŋs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 亮 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | liàng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ljang$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[r]aŋ-s/ |
| English | brightness |
| 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 | 亮 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8062 |
| Phonetic component | 亮 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 亮 |
| Old Chinese | /*raŋs/ |

#### Definitions

亮
* (alt. form 倞) bright; brilliant; radiant
* loud and clear
* (dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Wu, Xiang) lamp; light
* to shine; to illuminate
    亮島／亮岛 [Eastern Min] ― Liông-dō̤ / [l̃uoŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ $^{(t-)}$no³³] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA] ― Liang Island, Beigan, Lienchiang (Matsu), ROC (Taiwan)
    From: 張露 (lyricist 秦冠), 《小小羊兒要回家》
    tiānsè yǐ àn la, xīngxing yě liàng la [Pinyin]
    The sky has already darkened, and the stars have begun to show
* (neologism) to be the highlight; to be epic
* to make one's voice loud and clear; to raise one's voice
* to reveal; to disclose
    亮刀 ― liàng dāo ― to brandish a knife
* a surname

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 明, 亮 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 亮, 光亮 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 亮 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 亮 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 亮 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 亮 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 亮 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 亮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 亮 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 亮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 亮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 亮, 光 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 亮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 亮 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 亮 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 亮 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 亮 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 光 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 光 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 皓 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 光 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 皓 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 皓 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 光 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 光, 皓 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 光 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 光 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 光 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 光 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 亮 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 光 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 光 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 光 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 光 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 光 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 光 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 光 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 光 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 光 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 光 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 光 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 光 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 光 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 光 |
| Hakka | Changting | 光 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 光 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 光 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 光 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 光 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 光 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 光 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 光 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 光 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 光 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 光 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 光 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 光 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 光 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 光 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 光 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 光 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 光 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 光 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 光 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 光 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 光 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 光 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 光 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 亮, 光 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 亮 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 亮 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 光 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 光 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 光 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 光 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 光 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 光 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 光 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 光 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 光 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 光 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 光 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 光 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 光 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 光 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 光 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 光 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 光 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 光 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 光 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 光 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 光 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 光 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 光 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 光 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 光 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 光 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 光 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 光, 亮 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 光 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 光 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 光 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 光 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 光 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 光 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 亮 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 亮 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 亮 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 亮 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 光 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 亮, 光 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 亮, 光 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 光 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 光 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 光, 亮兒 † |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 光 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 光, 亮兒 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 光, 亮 † |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 光 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 光 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 光 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 光 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dagudi (Maliba) | 光 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Reshuitang (Longling) | 光 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 光 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 光 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 光 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 光 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 光 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 光 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 光 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 光 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 光 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 光 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 光 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 光 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 光 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 光, 亮 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 光 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 光 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 光 |
| Cantonese | Bangkok (Guangfu) | 光 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 光 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 光, 亮 |
| Hakka | Shanghang | 光 |
| Hakka | Fumian (Xisha, Xinqiao) | 光 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Sihe, Hengshan) | 光 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Cuntou, Xintian) | 光 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Mumian, Xilang) | 光 |
| Hakka | Xingye (Gaofeng) | 光 |
| Hakka | Rongxian (Xiandi) | 光 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Jiexi) | 光 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 光, 亮 † |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 光 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 光 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 光 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 光 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 光 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 光 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 光 |
| Southern Min | Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 光 |
| Southern Min | Hat Yai (Teochew) | 光 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 光 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 光 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 光 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 光 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 亮, 光 |
| Xiang | Xiangxiang | 光 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 光 |
| Note | † - beam or lamplight | † - beam or lamplight |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 燈 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 燈 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 燈 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 燈 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 燈 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 燈 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 亮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 燈 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 燈 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 燈 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 燈, 火 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 燈, 火 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 燈 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 燈 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 燈, 火 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 燈, 火 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 燈, 火 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 燈, 火 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 燈, 火 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 燈, 火 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 燈 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 燈 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 燈 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 燈 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 燈, 火 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 火 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 火, 燈 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 火, 燈 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 燈 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 燈 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 燈, 亮 dated |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 燈 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 燈, 亮 |
| Xiang | Xiangxiang | 燈 |
* (loud and clear):
* 亮堂 (liàngtáng)
* 嘹亮 (liáoliàng)
* 宏亮 (hóngliàng)
* 昂揚 / 昂扬 (ángyáng)
* 朗朗 (lǎnglǎng)
* 洪亮 (hóngliàng)
* 清亮
* 琅琅 (lángláng)
* 脆 (cuì)
* 豁亮 (huòliàng)
* 響 / 响 (xiǎng)
* 響亮 / 响亮 (xiǎngliàng)
* 高亢 (gāokàng)
* 高昂 (gāo'áng)

#### Compounds

* 不亮
* 了亮
* 亮像
* 亮光 (liàngguāng)
* 亮光光
* 亮光漆
* 亮光蠟 / 亮光蜡
* 亮兒 / 亮儿
* 亮堂 (liàngtáng)
* 亮堂堂
* 亮場子 / 亮场子
* 亮子 (liàngzi)
* 亮家堖 / 亮家垴 (Liàngjiānǎo)
* 亮富
* 亮察
* 亮巨星
* 亮底兒 / 亮底儿
* 亮底牌
* 亮度 (liàngdù)
* 亮晃晃
* 亮晶晶 (liàngjīngjīng)
* 亮梆子
* 亮槅
* 亮漆
* 亮灼灼 (liàngzhuózhuó)
* 亮片
* 亮盒子搖 / 亮盒子摇
* 亮直
* 亮相 (liàngxiàng)
* 亮眼人 (liàngyǎnrén)
* 亮票
* 亮節 / 亮节
* 亮紅燈 / 亮红灯
* 亮紗 / 亮纱
* 亮色調 / 亮色调
* 亮藍 / 亮蓝
* 亮話 / 亮话 (liànghuà)
* 亮醜 / 亮丑
* 亮錚錚 / 亮铮铮
* 亮鐘 / 亮钟
* 亮陰 / 亮阴
* 亮麗 / 亮丽 (liànglì)
* 俐亮
* 傍亮兒 / 傍亮儿
* 光亮 (guāngliàng)
* 利亮
* 嘹亮 (liáoliàng)
* 大天亮
* 大天白亮
* 天亮 (tiānliàng)
* 宏亮 (hóngliàng)
* 寥亮 (liáoliàng)
* 庾亮
* 弼亮
* 心明眼亮 (xīnmíngyǎnliàng)
* 憀亮 (liáoliàng)
* 打亮梆子
* 敞亮 (chǎngliàng)
* 明亮 (míngliàng)
* 明亮亮
* 明亮隔
* 明淨敞亮 / 明净敞亮
* 晶亮 (jīngliàng)
* 晶晶亮亮
* 月亮
* 月亮湖
* 月亮門兒 / 月亮门儿
* 油亮
* 洪亮 (hóngliàng)
* 清亮
* 漂亮
* 漂亮話 / 漂亮话 (piàolianghuà)
* 瀏亮 / 浏亮 (liúliàng)
* 火亮
* 烏亮 / 乌亮 (wūliàng)
* 照亮 (zhàoliàng)
* 熠熠閃亮 / 熠熠闪亮
* 爍亮 / 烁亮
* 發亮 / 发亮 (fāliàng)
* 白得發亮 / 白得发亮
* 眼明心亮 (yǎnmíngxīnliàng)
* 瞭亮 / 了亮
* 矇矇亮 / 蒙蒙亮 (mēngmēngliàng)
* 破天亮
* 簡朝亮 / 简朝亮
* 翼亮
* 虯鏤亮槅 / 虬镂亮槅
* 見亮 / 见亮
* 諸葛亮 / 诸葛亮 (Zhūgě Liàng)
* 豁亮 (huòliàng)
* 豁達明亮 / 豁达明亮
* 貞亮 / 贞亮 (zhēnliàng)
* 貞風亮節 / 贞风亮节
* 趁亮兒 / 趁亮儿
* 蹦兒亮 / 蹦儿亮
* 透亮
* 通亮 (tōngliàng)
* 郭亮 (Guōliàng)
* 閃亮 / 闪亮 (shǎnliàng)
* 陳亮 / 陈亮
* 雪亮 (xuěliàng)
* 響亮 / 响亮 (xiǎngliàng)
* 響亮話 / 响亮话
* 高風亮節 / 高风亮节 (gāofēngliàngjié)
* 鮮亮 / 鲜亮 (xiānliàng)
* 鮮眉亮眼 / 鲜眉亮眼
* 麻麻亮
* 點亮 / 点亮 (diǎnliàng)

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Related to Cantonese ling3 "shiny"?”)

#### Pronunciation

* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): lang
    (Hailu, HRS): lang$^ˇ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): lang$^4$
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lang
*** Hakka Romanization System: lang
*** Hagfa Pinyim: lang$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /laŋ⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: lang$^ˇ$
*** Sinological IPA: /laŋ¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: lang$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /laŋ⁵³/

#### Definitions

亮
* (Hakka) smooth and shiny

#### Compounds

* 亮線 / 亮线 (Hakka)

### References

* “亮”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* clear
* help

#### Readings

* Go-on: ろう (rō)
* Kan-on: りょう (ryō)
* Kun: あきらか (akiraka, 亮らか)、すけ (suke, 亮)
* Nanori: あき (aki)、あきら (akira)、きょう (kyō)、たすく (tasuku)、ふさ (fusa)、まこと (makoto)、よし (yoshi)

#### Compounds

* 亮月(りょうげつ) (ryōgetsu): bright moonlight
* 亮察(りょうさつ) (ryōsatsu): consideration
* 亮然(りょうぜん) (ryōzen): clear, obvious
* 亮直(りょうちょく) (ryōchoku): rightfulness
* 明亮(めいりょう) (meiryō): clarity

### Proper noun

亮(りょう) • (Ryō)
* a male given name

### Proper noun

亮(あきら) • (Akira)
* a male given name

## Korean
### Hanja

亮 (eum 량 (ryang))
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

亮: Hán Nôm readings: lượng, lương
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### References

* Nom Foundation