谅 (liàng): to understand, to forgive

谅 (liàng) is a Chinese character meaning “to understand, to forgive.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 讠 (semantic) and 京 (phonetic). It ranks #2083 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 谅 speech. Its radical form 讠 (speech) appears in many related characters such as 认 (rèn, to recognize, to admit), 记 (jì, to remember, to record), 识 (shí, to know, knowledge).

Native pronunciation
HSK 4Radical: 讠 speech10 strokesFrequency #2083讠 semantic京 phonetic

Definitions

  1. to understand, to forgive

Etymology & Origin

谅

pictophoneticspeech

Decomposition: ⿰讠京 (layout: left-right)

Components:讠semantic京phonetic

Stroke Order

1
2
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5
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10

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Words & Compounds

HSK Vocabulary with 谅

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
原谅verbyuán liàngto excuse4

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
体谅tǐ liàngto empathize
谅解liàng jiěto understand
见谅jiàn liàngplease forgive me
原谅色yuán liàng sè(slang) green
谅解备忘录liàng jiě bèi wàng lùmemorandum of understanding
6
Total compounds
33
As first character
50
As last character
17
As middle character

谅 appears in 6 compound words: 33 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 17 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 谅 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

忘wàng
0.5682,178 co-occurrences
解jiě
0.4674,122 co-occurrences
备bèi
0.4642,166 co-occurrences
陈chén
0.4431,302 co-occurrences
原yuán
0.4415,134 co-occurrences
友yǒu
0.4121,686 co-occurrences
签qiān
0.379396 co-occurrences
请qǐng
0.371454 co-occurrences
杨yáng
0.364354 co-occurrences
山shān
0.3511,980 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

请谅解我们的难处，这个问题需要更多时间来解决。

Qǐng liàngjiě wǒmen de nánchu, zhè gè wèntí xūyào gèng duō shíjiān lái jiějué.

Please understand our difficulties; this issue needs more time to resolve.

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独/哭求父母原谅 火烧车幸存者连跪3天

dú kū qiú fù mǔ yuán liàng huǒ shāo chē xìng cún zhě lián guì 3 tiān

Exclusive: Begging Parents for Forgiveness—Car Fire Survivor Kneels in Repentance for Three Days

Tatoeba

汤姆永远也不会原谅我了，是吗？

Tāngmǔ yǒngyuǎn yě bù huì yuánliàng wǒ le, shì ma?

Tom is never going to forgive me, is he?

Tatoeba

”原谅我。” — “我应该原谅什么？”

"yuánliàng wǒ." — "wǒ yīnggāi yuánliàng shénme?"

"Forgive me." "What do I have to forgive?"

Tatoeba

她原谅了男孩的粗鲁。

Tā yuánliàng le nánhái de cūlǔ.

She forgave the boy for his rudeness.

Tatoeba

他们原谅了他的罪行。

Tāmen yuánliàng le tā de zuìxíng.

They forgave him for his crimes.

Tatoeba

原谅别人就是善待自己。

Yuánliàng biéren jiùshì shàndài zìjǐ.

Forgiving others is a kind deed to yourself.

Tatoeba

母亲原谅了他的过错。

Mǔqīn yuánliàng le tā de guòcuò.

My mother excused his mistake.

Tatoeba

我不会原谅你，除非你真诚地道歉。

Wǒ bù huì yuánliàng nǐ, chúfēi nǐ zhēnchéng de dàoqiàn.

I won’t forgive you unless you apologise sincerely.

Tatoeba

你想通过做那件事而得到原谅是吗？

Nǐ xiǎngtōng guo zuò nà jiàn shì ér dédào yuánliàng shì ma?

You want to be excused from doing that, don't you?

Character Family

讠 Radical Family — Characters sharing the speech radical

谤bàng诧chà诚chéng词cí诞dàn调diào谍dié订dìng讹é访fǎng

Related Characters

认rèn记jì识shí诉sù试shì话huà语yǔ说shuō请qǐng读dòu

Homophones — Characters pronounced liàng

凉liáng晾liàng良liáng梁liáng粮liáng两liǎng

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 谅 (liàng) mean in Chinese?
谅 (liàng) primarily means "to understand, to forgive." It is classified as HSK Level 4, making it an upper-intermediate character. It ranks #2083 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 谅 and 就?
谅 (liàng) and 就 (jiù) are often confused. confusable. The key distinguishing feature: 讠 vs 尢 (same 京 component).
How many strokes does 谅 have?
谅 is written with 10 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 谅?
The radical associated with 谅 is 讠 (speech). This radical appears in many characters related to speech.
What are the components of 谅?
谅 is composed of: 讠 (semantic), 京 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰讠京 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 谅?
Common words with 谅 include: 原谅 (yuán liàng, "to excuse"); 体谅 (tǐ liàng, "to empathize"); 谅解 (liàng jiě, "to understand"); 见谅 (jiàn liàng, "please forgive me"); 原谅色 (yuán liàng sè, "(slang) green"). There are over 6 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 谅 (liàng)?
Several characters share the pronunciation liàng: 凉 (the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前涼|前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 後涼|后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北涼|北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南涼|南凉 (397-414), Western Liang 西涼|西凉 (400-421)), 晾 (to dry in the air), 良 (good), 梁 (Liang Dynasty (502–557)), and 2 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 谅 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
No. The simplified form is 谅 and the traditional form is 諒.

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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.