梁

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roof beam; beam (structure); bridge

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A wooden 木 bridge built 刅 over a river 氵

Components 氵刅木

roof beam · Heisig RSH #2037

decapitation + 木 tree

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
梁山县	Liáng shān Xiàn	Liangshan, a county in Jining City 濟寧市\|济宁市[Ji3 ning2 Shi4], Shandong
梁山市	Liáng shān shì	Liangshan city in Shandong
梁平区	Liáng píng Qū	Liangping, a district of Chongqing 重慶\|重庆[Chong2 qing4]
梁子湖区	Liáng zi hú Qū	Liangzihu, a district of Ezhou City 鄂州市[E4 zhou1 Shi4], Hubei
梁河县	Liáng hé Xiàn	Lianghe, a county in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture 德宏傣族景頗族自治州\|德宏傣族景颇族自治州[De2…
梁山好汉	Liáng shān hǎo hàn	the heroes of Liangshan Marsh (in the novel "Water Margin" 水滸傳\|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4])
工字梁	gōng zì liáng	I-beam
结梁子	jié liáng zi	(slang) to start a feud; to have a beef
南朝梁	Nán cháo Liáng	Liang of the Southern dynasties (502-557)
乌梁海	Wū liáng hǎi	Mongol surname
梁子湖	Liáng zi hú	see 梁子湖區\|梁子湖区[Liang2 zi5 hu2 Qu1]
大梁	Dà liáng	capital of Wei 魏 during Warring states; CL:根[gen1]
山梁	shān liáng	mountain ridge
梁山	Liáng shān	see 梁山縣\|梁山县[Liang2 shan1 Xian4]
上梁	shàng liáng	to lay an upper beam; (a building's) upper beam; (a bicycle's) top tube
高梁	Gāo liáng	Takahashi (Japanese surname and place name)
梁平	Liáng píng	see 梁平區\|梁平区[Liang2 ping2 Qu1]
梁上君子	liáng shàng jūn zǐ	lit. the gentleman on the roof beam; fig. a thief
丁字梁	dīng zì liáng	T-girder
后梁	Hòu Liáng	Later Liang of the Five Dynasties (907-923)