梁

Liang Dynasty (502-557) / Later Liang Dynasty (907-923) / surname Liang

roof beam / beam (structure) / bridge

variant of 梁[liang2]

knife / blade / single-edged sword / cutlass / CL:把[ba3] / (slang) dollar (loanword) / classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper) / classifier for knife cuts or stabs

(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden

"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc / see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3]

Character component without intrinsic meaning

eight; 8

lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column / to replace the original with a fake / to perpetrate a fraud (idiom)

lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices

capital of Wei 魏 during Warring states / CL:根[gen1]

T-girder

Selina Chow (Chow Liang Shuk-yee) (1945-), Hong Kong politician

Later Liang of the Five Dynasties (907-923)

Mongol surname

reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)

reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)

to lay an upper beam / (a building's) upper beam / (a bicycle's) top tube

Liang of the Southern dynasties (502-557)

Lüliang prefecture-level city in Shanxi 山西

Lüliang prefecture-level city in Shanxi 山西