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liàng — “bright”

How to write and say the Chinese character (liàng), which means bright — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Colours & describing.

Pinyin · 拼音 liàng
Meaning · 意思 bright
Strokes · 笔画 9
Radical · 部首 (lid)
Hear it · 听发音
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Stroke order笔顺

亮 is written with 9 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

A little picture: a lit oil lamp.

A common word常用词

yuèliang

the moon

Example sentence例句

yuèliangzhēnliànga

The moon is so bright!

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