亮 (loeng6 | liang4 liang2) : bright, brilliant

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亮

loeng6

liang4 liang2

[1] bright; lustrous; brilliant; luminous; radiant; clear [2] transparent; not opaque [3] [v] display; show; give a quick show just for a glance

Stroke count: 9

Level: 2

Radical: 亠 (#8)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

亮

This word has been viewed 10375 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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月亮 jyut6 loeng6 yue4 liang5 = the moon 國

光亮 gwong1 loeng6 guang1 liang4 = bright; shiny

亮光 loeng6 gwong1 liang4 guang1 = a light

天亮 tin1 loeng6 tian1 liang4 = daybreak; dawn 國

晶亮 zing1 loeng6 jing1 liang4 = shiny

明亮 ming4 loeng6 ming2 liang4 = brightness

亮晶晶 loeng6 zing1 zing1 liang4 jing1 jing1 = glittering; sparkling

閃亮 sim2 loeng6 shan3 liang4 = glistening

漂亮 piu3 loeng6 piao4 liang5 = beautiful; pretty

響亮 hoeng2 loeng6 xiang3 liang4 = resounding; loud and clear
See all 27 compounds (CantoDict reports 31 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 亮
Unicode code for this character: U+4EAE (off-site link)

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