梁

Liang2
#1,414 most
frequent character
Liang Dynasty (502-557)

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

梁 uses 木 wood as a picture part and 氵 and 刅 chuāng as the sound part. It first meant 'bridge', then grew to 'roof beam'. The dynasty name was borrowed only for its sound, not from the picture.

Drawn as: wood

梁 as a component in other characters

sound1 character
墚
picture1 character
樑

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