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Chinese name character

Chinese name character 良

liáng

The character 良 (Mandarin liáng) appears in 23 names and 4 syllables in this reference and is spelled Liang, Leong, Leung and Liong in Malaysia. Recorded meanings include “good, virtuous”.

Names and syllables
27
Malaysian spellings
4
Strokes
7
Attested in records
11

27 names and syllables in this reference have 良 as one of their character options. For 11 of them, 良 is attested in records of real names; the rest are possible characters for that spelling.

Meanings of 良: the recorded options

  • good, virtuous

    in 34 character options · attested

Unihan definition: good, virtuous, respectable

What a name means depends on the characters the family chose and how they combine; these are options, not one definite meaning.

Malaysian spellings of 良

良 Liang Hokkien · Teochew · Mandarin Leong Hokkien · Cantonese · Hakka Leung Cantonese Liong Hokkien · Hakka
良 yields 4 spellings in our records. The label under each spelling is the romanization it follows, not the bearer’s dialect.
SpellingRomanization
LiangHokkien · Teochew · Mandarin
LeongHokkien · Cantonese · Hakka
LeungCantonese
LiongHokkien · Hakka

Readings of 良 by dialect

DialectReadingMalaysian spelling
HokkienPe̍h-ōe-jī liông, liâng Liang, Leong, Liong
CantoneseJyutping loeng4 Leong, Leung
HakkaPha̍k-fa-sṳ liòng Leong, Liong
TeochewPeng’im liang5 Liang
MandarinHanyu Pinyin liáng Liang

Readings from the character options in our name records; Unihan gives Mandarin liáng and Cantonese loeng4.

23 names that can be written with 良

4 syllables that can stand for 良

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 良 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. MDBG: 良 · mdbg.net · meaning
  3. Unicode Unihan Database: U+826F · unicode.org · meaning

Readings, meanings and stroke count: the character options in our name records and the Unicode Unihan Database (Unicode License). A spelling describes how a name is written, not anyone’s dialect or background.

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Frequently asked questions

What does 良 mean in a name?

Our records give several meanings for 良, including “good, virtuous”. What a name actually means depends on the characters the family chose and how they combine.

How is 良 spelled in Malaysia?

In our records 良 is spelled Liang (Hokkien, Teochew, Mandarin), Leong (Hokkien, Cantonese, Hakka), Leung (Cantonese) and Liong (Hokkien, Hakka). A spelling follows a dialect’s romanization; it does not show which dialect anyone speaks.

Is every Liang written 良?

Not necessarily. The spelling Liang can also stand for 亮, 梁. Only the family knows which character was chosen.