Dong Chinese dictionary

liàng

excuse, forgive

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 京 represents the sound. Simplified form of 諒.

Components

讠 Meaning component

yán

speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

京 Sound component

jīng

capital city

谅 and 京 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.谅 /*[r]aŋ-s/
京 /*[k]raŋ/

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

liàng

excuse, forgive; guess, presume; to show understanding; to excuse; to presume; to expect

Most common words with 谅

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