Memory phrase for the Kanji: 梁


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Meaning

beam of roof, ridgepole, bridge

Pronunciation

liáng

Explanation

Top: water and 刅 (double-edged sword ), bottom: tree

Mnemonic

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

Radicals

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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