梁
weir, fish trap, beam, girder
Readings
On'yomi
- リョウ
Kun'yomi
- はり
- うつばり
- うちばり
- やな
- はし
Meaning
梁 centers on a horizontal structural support: a beam or girder in construction. The weir and fish trap senses extend from the idea of a barrier or framework placed across water.
Most common words using 梁
20 of 24- 梁はり
beam; joist
- 橋梁きょうりょう
bridge
- 棟梁とうりょう
central figure; pillar (e.g. of the nation); mainstay; chief support; leader
- 跳梁ちょうりょう
jumping about
- 梁やな
(fish) weir; fish trap
- 梁山泊りょうざんぱく
place of assemblage for the bold and ambitious
- 基礎梁きそばり
footing beam
- 後梁こうりょう
Later Liang dynasty (of China; 907-923)
- 梁うつばり
(roof) beam
- 梁りょう
Liang dynasty (of China; 502-557)
- 梁上の君子りょうじょうのくんし
thief
- 梁塵秘抄りょうじんひしょう
Songs to Make the Dust Dance (by Goshirakawahouou (1127.10.18-1192.4.26)); The Dance of the Dust on the Rafters
- 梁成はりせい
height of a beam; beam as measured from top to bottom
- 梁木りょうぼく
beam
- 梁歯目りょうしもく
Docodonta
- 棟梁とうりゅう
master carpenter; master builder
- 横梁よこばり
horizontal beam; stringpiece; trave
- 片持ち梁かたもちばり
cantilever
- 脊梁せきりょう
mountain range; mountain backbone
- 脳梁のうりょう
corpus callosum
Study
Etymology
梁 combines 木 (wood) with a phonetic component that also suggests a bridge-like structure. The character originally referred to a wooden beam or bridge, and the water-related meanings likely developed from the idea of a barrier across a stream.
Meaning mnemonic
The bottom 木 is wood, and the upper part looks like a framework with water 氵 and a blade 刀. Picture a wooden beam spanning a stream, with a blade-like weir cutting through the water to trap fish.
Reading mnemonic
For リョウ, imagine a long row of wooden beams lined up: row -> リョウ, and each beam supports the structure.