涼 (liáng) — cool, cold (pleasantly); chilled

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涼 character · TOCFL 2 (est.)

涼＝氵＋京

ㄌㄧㄤˊ · liáng

adj — cool, cold (pleasantly); chilled

字源 FORM — what the parts do

氵義water — what carries the chill

京聲jīng — gives the sounda tall building on a mound, drawn high and exposed

IFTjīng → liáng — the donor reading drifted far off

Water (氵) bringing the chill — cool. 京 jīng carries the sound, worn far from the modern reading; on its own 京 draws a high, exposed hall — fitting for somewhere the breeze cuts through. From coolness: a cold drink (涼水), the chill of evening (乘涼), and a bleak, thin feeling (淒涼).

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一杯水（氵）擱在陰處，喝下去，從喉嚨涼到胸口。

A cup of water (氵) left in the shade — you drink, and the cool runs from throat to chest.

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意 · Meanings

(本義)涼爽、涼快— cool; refreshing常用

→涼水、冰涼— a cold drink; ice-cold常用

⇒淒涼、荒涼— bleak; desolate — cold and thin

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension