GGood Chinese Name

Chinese surname · rank 22

梁

梁 is read as liáng.

Pinyin

liáng

Script forms

Simplified 梁 · Traditional 樑

Basic meaning

bridge; beam; roof beam

Five element

Wood

Origin

Time: Western Zhou to Spring and Autumn period; Western Zhou to Spring and Autumn tradition, 1046-476 BCE

Place: Liang / Shaoliang area, commonly associated with today's Hancheng, Shaanxi Province

Origin note

A common Liang surname tradition connects the surname to the ancient Liang state and Shaoliang area. The place is usually associated with today's Hancheng area in Shaanxi Province. In this reading, descendants of the Liang state or people from the Liang place later used Liang as a surname. Because Liang also means a bridge beam or roof beam, the page keeps the character meaning separate from the state/place-name origin.

Historical figures

梁启超 (Liang Qichao)

1873-1929 CE · reformer, journalist and scholar

A central intellectual of late Qing and early Republican China, associated with reform thought, journalism and modern historical writing.

梁红玉 (Liang Hongyu)

c. 1102-1135 CE · Southern Song military heroine

A famous figure in Song military memory, traditionally remembered for supporting Han Shizhong in resistance against Jin forces.

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