涼
涼 — Refreshing
refreshing, nice and cool
On’yomiリョウ (ryou)
Kun’yomiすずしい (suzushii)
Kun’yomiすずむ (suzumu)
Kun’yomiすずやか (suzuyaka)
Kun’yomiうすい (usui)
Kun’yomiひやす (hiyasu)
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 涼
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 清涼 | せいりょう seiryou | cool; refreshing |
| 涼しい | すずしい suzushii | cool; refreshing; clear (e.g. eyes) |
| 涼む | すずむ suzumu | to cool oneself; to cool off; to enjoy the cool air |
| 涼風 | りょうふう ryoufuu | cool breeze; refreshing breeze |
| 清涼飲料水 | せいりょういんりょうすい seiryouinryousui | soft drink |
| 納涼 | のうりょう nouryou | escaping the heat to enjoy the cool breeze (by the river, etc.) |
Study notes
涼 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1783 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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