晾 (liàng): to dry in the air

晾 (liàng) is a Chinese character meaning “to dry in the air.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 日 (semantic) and 京 (phonetic). It ranks #3051 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 晾 sun. Its radical form 日 (sun) appears in many related characters such as 日 (rì, sun, day), 时 (shí, time, hour), 明 (míng, bright, tomorrow).

Native pronunciation
HSK 6Radical: 日 sun12 strokesFrequency #3051日 semantic京 phonetic

Definitions

  1. to dry in the air

Etymology & Origin

晾

pictophoneticsun

Decomposition: ⿰日京 (layout: left-right)

Components:日semantic京phonetic

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
晾干liàng gānto dry (sth) by airing
晾衣架liàng yī jiàclothes drying rack
晾衣夹liàng yī jiāclothes pin
晾衣绳liàng yī shéngclothesline
晾晒liàng shàito sun-dry
5
Total compounds
100
As first character
0
As last character
0
As middle character

晾 appears in 5 compound words: 100 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 晾 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

晒shài
0.688726 co-occurrences
衫shān
0.504156 co-occurrences
衣yī
0.492840 co-occurrences
干gān
0.474792 co-occurrences
鹰yīng
0.471156 co-occurrences
摊tān
0.46454 co-occurrences
凉liáng
0.442108 co-occurrences
绳shéng
0.42660 co-occurrences
拌bàn
0.41230 co-occurrences
竿gān
0.41236 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

晾复一日，他坚持早起锻炼身体。

liàng fù yī rì , tā jiān chí zǎo qǐ duàn liàn shēn tǐ .

Day after day, he stuck to his routine of getting up early to exercise.

EttodayApr 2026

邻居霸占走廊!改成厨房厕所还晾衣服 女半年没回家一看傻了

lín jū bà zhàn zǒu láng ! gǎi chéng chú fáng cè suǒ hái liàng yī fú nǚ bàn nián méi huí jiā yī kàn shǎ le

Character Family

日 Radical Family — Characters sharing the sun radical

暧ài暗àn昂áng晨chén春chūn晃huǎng昧mèi暮mù暖nuǎn曝pù

Related Characters

日rì时shí明míng早zǎo晚wǎn昨zuó春chūn星xīng是shì景jǐng

Homophones — Characters pronounced liàng

谅liàng

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 晾 (liàng) mean in Chinese?
晾 (liàng) primarily means "to dry in the air." It is classified as HSK Level 6, making it an advanced character. It ranks #3051 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 晾 and 湿?
晾 (liàng) and 湿 (shī) are often confused. antonym. The key distinguishing feature: 晾 (dry) vs 湿 (wet).
How many strokes does 晾 have?
晾 is written with 12 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 晾?
The radical associated with 晾 is 日 (sun). This radical appears in many characters related to sun.
What are the components of 晾?
晾 is composed of: 日 (semantic), 京 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰日京 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 晾?
Common words with 晾 include: 晾干 (liàng gān, "to dry (sth) by airing"); 晾衣架 (liàng yī jià, "clothes drying rack"); 晾衣夹 (liàng yī jiā, "clothes pin"); 晾衣绳 (liàng yī shéng, "clothesline"); 晾晒 (liàng shài, "to sun-dry"). There are over 5 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 晾 (liàng)?
Several characters share the pronunciation liàng: 谅 (to understand, to forgive). Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 晾 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 晾 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.