樑 (loeng4 | liang2) : bridge; beam

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樑

loeng4

liang2

[1] bridge; ridge
[2] horizontal beam; supporting beam

Simplified form 梁 is commonly used and sometimes regarded as a variant of 樑.

Stroke count: 15

Level: 3

Radical: 木 (#75)

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

樑 / 梁

This word has been viewed 3459 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 6th Nov 2010 14:32

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橋樑 kiu4 loeng4 qiao2 liang2 = bridge

脊樑 zek3 loeng4 ji3 liang2 = ridgepole

橫樑 waang4 loeng4 heng2 liang2 = crossbeam

橋樑滾子 kiu4 loeng4 gwan2 zi2 qiao2 liang2 gun3 zi5 = bridge rollers

樑上君子 loeng4 soeng6 gwan1 zi2 liang2 shang4 jun1 zi3 = a break-in thief

上樑不正下樑歪 soeng6 loeng4 bat1 zing3 haa6 loeng4 waai1 shang4 liang2 bu4*2 zheng4 xia4 liang2 wai1 = if superiors (leaders; parents) are not good examples, their subordinates (followers, children) will behave unbecomingly

未來棟樑 mei6 loi4 dung3 leong4 wei4 lai2 dong4 liang2 = future supporters of society

棟樑 dung3 leong4 dong4 liang2 = pillar or column of a building

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Decimal representation of this word: 樑
Unicode code for this character: U+6a11 (off-site link)

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