梁

weir

Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingリョウ

Kun readingはり、うつばり、うちばり、やな、はし

Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

weir
彼は将来国家の棟梁たるべき器だ。He has the capacity to be a future leader of the nation.tatoeba
トラックが橋梁に接触した。A truck came into contact with the bridge supports.tatoeba
fish trap
beam
この梁は２階の重さに耐えられないだろう。This beam won't hold the weight of the second story.tatoeba
梁が屋根をささえている。Beams bear the weight of the roof.tatoeba
girder
roofbeamRtK

joist

Homonyms

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Same reading (はり)

Radicals and components

Radical木tree

Components

How it's built

梁

Compound words

棟梁とうりょう

central figure; pillar (e.g. of the nation); mainstay; chief support; leader

橋梁きょうりょう

高梁こうりょう

脊梁せきりょう

跳梁ちょうりょう

虹梁こうりょう

arched beam used in shrine and temple construction

鼻梁びりょう

bridge of the nose

梁木りょうぼく

梁山泊りょうざんぱく

place of assemblage for the bold and ambitious

跳梁跋扈ちょうりょうばっこ

跋扈跳梁ばっこちょうりょう

evildoers being rampant and roaming at will

Additional Examples

この本によれば、最初の人工橋梁は新石器時代にさかのぼるという。

This book says the earliest man-made bridges date back to the New Stone Age.tatoeba

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 梁

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step