Memory phrase for the character: 梁

梁

Hanzi-Trainer

Search:

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

氵	water	Simplified from this water 水
办	to do, manage	Simplified from 辦, where on both sides of the force 力 there is a “bitter/sharp” 辛. If there are further forces 八 on both sides, then one can act and manage.
木	tree

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

List of the characters | List of the radicals

Get the app of the Hanzi-Trainer! The app has many other functions, such as character selection according to difficulty, practice programs, handwriting recognition and success statistics!
To the Trainer