凉

涼
liàng
#1,579 most
frequent character
to let sth cool down

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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Same Characters, Different Readings

凉Liang2
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)
凉liáng
cool

Homophones

HSK 3
辆liàng
classifier for vehicles
HSK 4
亮liàng
bright, clear, resonant, to shine
HSK 6
晾liàng
to dry in the air
量liàng
capacity, quantity, amount

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