晾 meaning and stroke order
To air-dry; to sun-dry
How to write 晾, stroke by stroke
12 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 晾
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- to dry in the air
- (fig.) to cold-shoulder
How 晾 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Sun.
日 gives the meaning and 京 hints at the sound.
Radical: 日 (sun), shared by 116 characters on this site.
How to remember 晾
The sun 日 on the left gives the meaning, and 京 (jīng) on the right hints at the sound. Picture clothes hung out under the sun to dry.
晾 (liàng) is used for hanging things up to dry in air or sun, especially laundry, as in 晾衣服 (liàng yīfu). It can also mean leaving someone ignored or out in the cold. Example: 我把衣服晾在阳台上。(Wǒ bǎ yīfu liàng zài yángtái shang.) I hung the clothes on the balcony to dry.
Common mistake: Learners often confuse 晾 (liàng) with 凉 (liáng, cool), which has the ice radical 冫 instead of 日 and a second tone. Remember that drying needs the sun 日, while cool needs ice 冫.
晾 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 晾
How many strokes are in 晾?
晾 is written with 12 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 晾 mean?
晾 (liàng) means to air-dry; to sun-dry.
How do you pronounce 晾?
晾 is pronounced liàng, in the fourth tone (falling).
What is the radical of 晾?
The radical of 晾 is 日, which carries the idea of "sun". Dictionaries list 晾 under this radical.
What is the difference between 晾 and 晒?
晒 (shài) stresses putting something directly in the sun, like 晒太阳 (to sunbathe). 晾 (liàng) means hanging something up to dry, in the sun or just in the air, even in the shade.
How is 晾 used to mean ignoring someone?
In casual speech, 把人晾在一边 (bǎ rén liàng zài yìbiān) means to leave someone hanging or give them the cold shoulder. The image is like leaving them out to dry with no attention.