涼
refreshing, nice and cool
Readings
On'yomi
- リョウ
Kun'yomi
- すず.しい
- すず.む
- すず.やか
- うす.い
- ひや.す
- まことに
Nanori
- りょ
Meaning
涼 centers on a pleasant, refreshing coolness—the kind that feels nice and comfortable, not harshly cold.
Most common words using 涼
20 of 52- 涼しいすずしいN5
cool; refreshing
- 涼りょう
cool breeze; cool air; refreshing coolness
- 清涼せいりょう
cool; refreshing
- 納涼のうりょう
escaping the heat to enjoy the cool breeze (by the river, etc.)
- 涼風りょうふう
cool breeze; refreshing breeze
- 涼しげすずしげ
cool (of temperature); refreshing
- 清涼飲料水せいりょういんりょうすい
soft drink
- 荒涼こうりょう
desolate; dreary; bleak
- 冷涼れいりょう
cool; cold
- 涼やかすずやか
refreshing; clear
- 夕涼みゆうすずみ
cooling oneself outdoors on a summer evening; enjoying the evening cool
- 涼みすずみ
cooling oneself; enjoying the cool air
- 涼むすずむN2
to cool oneself; to cool off; to enjoy the cool air
- 涼感りょうかん
feelings of coolness (e.g. from wearing light clothing in hot weather); cool feeling; cool impression
- 口中清涼剤こうちゅうせいりょうざい
mouth freshener; oral deodorant
- 夕涼ゆうすず
evening cool (in summer); time in the evening when it is cool
- 夜涼やりょう
cool evening air
- 後涼殿こうろうでん
ladies' pavilion (of Heian Palace)
- 心頭を滅却すれば火もまた涼ししんとうをめっきゃくすればひもまたすずし
if you clear your mind of all worldly thoughts, even fire will feel cool
- 心頭滅却すれば火もまた涼ししんとうめっきゃくすればひもまたすずし
if you clear your mind of all worldly thoughts, even fire will feel cool
Study
Etymology
涼 combines 氵 (water) with 京, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of a high, open place where cool breezes pass. The overall sense is coolness associated with water and air.
Meaning mnemonic
Water 氵 beside 京 (a tall structure like a capital city) suggests a cool breeze blowing over water near a high place—refreshing and nice.
Reading mnemonic
For リョウ, imagine a cool breeze blowing through a ryokan (旅館, りょかん) by a river: the first syllable リョ of りょかん cues the reading リョウ.