亮
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bright; light; to shine; to flash; loud and clear; to show (one's passport etc); to make public (one's views etc)
- HSK 3.0
- Level 2
- Old HSK
- Level 1
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 亠 +7
- Structure
- Top–middle–bottom 上中下
- Traditional
- 亮
- Common rank
- #892
- Unicode
- U+4EAE
Sound it out + + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 亮
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 眼前一亮 | (one's) eyes light up; to be impressed by what one sees | |
| 高风亮节 | of noble character and unquestionable integrity (idiom) | |
| 东方不亮西方亮 | if it isn't bright in the east, it'll be bright in the west (idiom); if something doesn't … | |
| 月亮女神号 | SELENE, Japanese lunar orbiter spacecraft, launched in 2007 | |
| 亮眼人 | (term used by the blind) sighted person; person with eyesight; perceptive person; observan… | |
| 打开天窗说亮话 | (let's) not mince words; (let's) not beat about the bush | |
| 光亮度 | brightness; luminosity | |
| 水亮 | moist and glossy; wet look (of lipstick) | |
| 亮星云 | diffuse nebula | |
| 天亮 | to grow light (at daybreak) | |
| 视亮度 | apparent brightness (astronomy) | |
| 高亮 | to highlight (computing); (of sound) loud and clear; penetrating | |
| 发亮 | to shine; shiny | |
| 亮出 | to suddenly reveal; to flash (one's ID, a banknote etc) | |
| 亮眼 | eye-catching; striking; impressive; sighted eyes; functioning eyes | |
| 亮光 | light; beam of light; gleam of light; light reflected from an object | |
| 光亮 | bright | |
| 亮点 | highlight; bright spot | |
| 点亮 | to illuminate; to turn on the lights; to light (a blaze) | |
| 亮相 | to strike a pose (Chinese opera); (fig.) to make a public appearance; to come out in publi… |
Sound family
These characters use 亮 as their sound component — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 亮 sound part | bright, brilliant, radiant, light | |
| 喨 | to yell; to wail, to cry; to neigh |