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Character
Contained In
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Simplified
Traditional
Ancient
forms
Archaic
forms
Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
京
儿
⿱⿳
亠
口
冖
几
Mandarin
liang4, liang2
English
Definitions
bright; light; brilliant; radiant
Mnemonic
When a person
儿
can clearly see a building
京
Etymology
Notes
Archaic form shows a man gasping
旡
when looking at a building
京
; compare
景
;
旡
has been reduced to
儿
in modern character