凉
涼Liang2
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frequent character
the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前涼|前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 後涼|后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北涼|北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南涼|南凉[Nan2 Liang2] (397-414), Western Liang 西涼|西凉 (400-421)
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
凉 has 冫, ice, as the meaning part and 京 jīng for sound. It first meant cool or cold. Read liàng, it means to cool something down. The sound link is not obvious in Mandarin.
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