Memory phrase for the character: 梁

梁

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Meaning

beam of roof, ridgepole, bridge

Pronunciation

 liáng

Explanation

 Top: water 氵and 刅 (double-edged 丷 sword 刀), bottom: tree 木

Mnemonic
 
It can over-'bridge' a water and the sword worked it into a double-sided wood/tree: The beam.

Radicals

木 tree
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 Vocabulary

梁启超 Liáng Qǐ chāo  Liang Qichao (1873-1929), influential journalist and a leader of the failed reform movement of 1898
桥梁 qiáo liáng  bridge; fig. connection between two areas
栋梁 dòng liáng  ridgepole; ridgepole and beams; person able to bear heavy responsibility; mainstay (of organization); pillar (of state)
雕梁画栋 diāo liáng huà dòng  richly ornamented (building)
雕梁画栋 diāo liáng huà dòng  

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