涼 — kanji meaning “refreshing”
涼
refreshing, nice and cool
- Meanings
- refreshing, nice and cool
- On'yomi
- リョウ (ryou)
- Kun'yomi
- すず.しい、すず.む、すず.やか、うす.い、ひや.す、まことに
- Name readings
- りょ
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #1783 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 85
- Chinese reading
- liáng, liàng — Chinese character page
Words with 涼
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 涼しい | すずしい suzushii | cool; refreshing |
| 涼風 | りょうふう ryoufuu | cool breeze; refreshing breeze |
| 清涼 | せいりょう seiryou | cool; refreshing |
| 納涼 | のうりょう nouryou | escaping the heat to enjoy the cool breeze (by the river, etc.) |
| 涼しげ | すずしげ suzushige | cool (of temperature); refreshing |
| 荒涼 | こうりょう kouryou | desolate; dreary; bleak |
| 涼む | すずむ suzumu | to cool oneself; to cool off; to enjoy the cool air |
| 冷涼 | れいりょう reiryou | cool; cold |
| 涼やか | すずやか suzuyaka | refreshing; clear |
| 夕涼み | ゆうすずみ yuusuzumi | cooling oneself outdoors on a summer evening; enjoying the evening cool |
| 涼み | すずみ suzumi | cooling oneself; enjoying the cool air |
| 涼感 | りょうかん ryoukan | feelings of coolness (e.g. from wearing light clothing in hot weather); cool feeling; cool impression |
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