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How to write 亮 (liàng, “bright”)

亮 (liàng), an HSK 1 character, means “bright”, “to shine” and “loud and clear”. It is HSK 1 in the 2025 syllabus, down from level 2 in the 2021 standard. It is a picture-like character. On its own it is an HSK 4 word; it also forms 漂亮 (“pretty”), 月亮 (“the moon”) and 明亮 (“bright”). Japanese reads it ryou, “clear”, as a JLPT N1 kanji.

Pinyin
liàng
Strokes
9
HSK
1
Radical
亠 (“lid”)

Stroke by stroke

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As a top-middle-bottom character it splits into 亠 (“lid”, the radical), strokes 1–2; 口 (“mouth”), strokes 3–5; 冖几, strokes 6–9, written the top first.

  1. Vertical ㇑topdown and right
  2. Horizontal ㇐top leftrightwards
  3. Vertical ㇑top leftdownwards
  4. Horizontal-turn ㇕toprightwards → down and left
  5. Horizontal ㇐centerrightwards
  6. Dot ㇔leftdownwards
  7. Horizontal hook ㇖leftrightwards → down and left
  8. Left-falling stroke ㇒centerdownwards → down and left
  9. Vertical-curve-hook ㇟centerrightwards → downwards → rightwards

Names of the strokes

Japanese and Chinese

Japanese and Chinese draw all 9 strokes in the same order and direction, by our stroke-by-stroke comparison.

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Japanese · KanjiVG · 9 strokes
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Chinese · Make Me a Hanzi · 9 strokes

Where 亮 comes from

A lit oil lamp

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Pinyin and meaning

PinyinMeaningsTraditionalIn words
liàng
fourth tone		bright; light; to shine; to flash; loud and clear; to show (one's passport etc); to make public (one's views etc)—明亮 亮点 亮相 响亮
HSK 2025 syllabus
level 1
2021 standard
level 2
HSK 2.0
in a level 1 word
Words with it
76 in CC-CEDICT

Words with 亮

WordPinyinMeaning
亮liàngbright; light HSK 4
漂亮piàoliangpretty; beautiful HSK 1
月亮yuèliangthe moon HSK 3
明亮míngliàngbright; shining HSK 6
亮点 亮點liàngdiǎnhighlight; bright spot HSK 7-9
亮相liàngxiàngto strike a pose (Chinese opera); to make a public appearance HSK 7-9
响亮 響亮xiǎngliàngloud and clear; resounding HSK 7-9
亮丽 亮麗liànglìbright and beautiful HSK 7-9
洪亮hóngliàngloud and clear; resonant HSK 7-9
亮出liàngchūto suddenly reveal; to flash (one's ID, a banknote etc)

HSK words first (CC-CEDICT).

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