Zi:良

From Wenlin Dictionaries

[liáng] good/fine (​良), good/well (良​); good/kind/decent; 良​ conscience; wise; (HDZ:) ​良; ​; … [liǎng] ​良=​ [làng] ? ​

One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Cantonese-English Dictionary (namespace Jyut):

loeng4 b.f./char. ►bei3/2 go3 loeng4 sam1 nei5 dong3 gau2 fai3 畀個良心你當狗肺 ►bou2 loeng4 guk6/2 保良局 ►gaam2 aat3 loeng4 fong1 減壓良方 ►loeng4 man4 zing3 良民證

One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

⁵liáng {D} b.f.good; fine ►liánghǎo 良好instinctive; inborn; innate ►liángxīn 良心very; very much ►¹liángjiǔ 良久good people ►chúbào'ānliáng 除暴安良

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The character 良 (7 strokes) is an abbrev. of old forms such as ​𣌩 (9 strokes) and ​𥭷 (13 strokes); the modern form 良 seems to put a dot ​ atop ​, but ​ is not a traditional component of 良 (see below).
    The Shuōwén Seal form of 良(​􀺆𣌩𣌣) liáng ‘good’ (​良) is said to combine ​(​􀺅) fú ‘full/blessed’ (abbrev.), and ​(​􂍷) wáng ‘flee/lose’ (phonosemantic); all good things (blessings) must pass (and so the good is fully recognized/appreciated); formerly also wr. ​𥭣(​􀺉𥭷), ​𡆨(​􀺇), ​𡰩(​􀺈).
    Note: If the old form ​𡆨(​􀺇) suggests ​(​􀥠) liàng ‘sth. in the eye’ (→ ‘sth. (good/bad) in the eye’ → ‘object of desire’), then the old form ​𡰩(​􀺈) suggests ​(​􀥹) méi ‘eyebrow/brow’ (squinting), ​(​􂊍𡡾) mèi ‘lovely’; thus the trad. analysis of the main SW form 良(​􀺆𣌩𣌣) suggests ​(​􀥭) máng ‘blind’; however, the SW component analysis (⿱​) is unconfirmed by inscriptional evidence, and it seems more likely that 良 is connected with ​ xiāng ‘fragrant grain’ (see below); for the top of the old form ​𥭣(​􀺉𥭷) later wr. ​, cf. ​(​􁉒􁉓𦠪), ​(​􂠈).
    Compare: 良(​􀺆𣌩𣌣) liáng; ​(​􁙷) liáng ‘weigh/measure’ (quantity/quality), ​/​(​􁍣) liáng ‘(measure of) grain/cereal’ ← MC /ljɑŋ/ (SBGY).
    Note: The SW phonetic components (recursive): ​(​􁙷) liáng ⇚ ​(​􁈽) xiàng ⇚ ​(​􁈌𨞰) xiāng ⇚ ​(​􀷕) xiāng ‘fragrant grain’ ← MC /xjɑŋ/ (SBGY); cf. ​(​􀈃) láng, ​(​􁍈) liáng.
    Compare: ​(​􁍅𪏽) xiāng ‘fragrant’ ← MC /xjɑŋ/; ​(​􀴙𤮺) gān ‘sweet’ ← MC /kɑm/ (SBGY).
    Compare: ​(​􁊌) lǎng ‘bright/clear (eyes/etc.)’; ​(​􀥠) liàng/lǎng ‘sth. in the eye; eye disease / bright (eyes)’; ​(​􁇛𨝥) láng ‘my dear’ (formerly also wr. 良).
    Note: The bottom of the modern form 良(​􀺆𣌩𣌣) only happens to look like ​(​􁙞𥃩) gèn (☶䷳).
    HDZ: 良 : liáng : (SW: ​) ​良 (cf. ​, ​); ​; ​ (​良​, ​); 良​, ​; (​) (​) ​ (cf. ​); (​) ​良​: ​良​, ​ (良​); ​; ​; ​; ​; ​; ​ (làng): ​ (cf. ​); (​) (​, ​; ​, ​); (​); (​) • liǎng : ​良=​=​=​: (​) ​
►references: Guǎngyùn:171.33; Wieger:75f,26o; Karlgren:AD541,GSR735a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:5.3170.2; Mathews:3941; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:1013.23; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:061.1.03; Wáng(1993):97; EDOC:1
►components:
►Cantonese: leuhng\
Shuōwén: ​􀺆(​𣌩)
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