A bridge built by cutting a lot of wood with a knife and connecting it to the river. Original meaning of word-making: noun, water corridor built of wood. The ancients called the hanging path of cutting wall and framing wood "crib"; Call the crossbar across the ditch a "bridge"; Wooden buildings called water passages are called "beams".

I. Interpretation

1. A crossbar supporting the roof on a wall or column: room ~.

2. bridge: bridge.

3. The part of the object that protrudes into a long strip: the nose. Mountain ~.

4. Name of dynasty. One of the Southern Dynasties (502-557). It was built after ZSZSZSZ destroyed Nanqi. Jiankang (now Nanjing) is the capital. Country name Liang, also known as Liang. Destroyed by Chen. One of the Five Dynasties (907-923). Zhu Wen was founded after the demise of the Tang Dynasty. Jiandu Bian (now Kaifeng, Henan Province), the national name of Liang, was known in history. Destroyed by the later Tang Dynasty.

5. During the Warring States Period, Wei moved the capital to Daliang (now Kaifeng, Henan) and renamed it Liang.

Second, the interpretation of words.

Classical Chinese version of Shuo Wen Jie Zi: Liang, Shuiqiao also. From wood, from water, from sound.

Vernacular version of Shuo Wen Jie Zi: Liang, a small bridge on the river. The glyph means "wood and water" and "Xuan" is the sound.

Extended data

Glyph evolution (as shown in figure)

Composition: beam, backbone, bridge, hanging beam, suspended beam, strong beam, bridge nose, mountain beam, golden beam, back beam, jumping beam, main beam, beam and girder.

1. rolling beam [juàn Liang]?

A curved horizontal ridge on an ancient crown for support.

Second, jump beam [tiào liáng]?

Jump up and down (often used as a metaphor for arrogance and madness): ~ clown (refers to a despicable person who jumps up and down and makes waves). Jump, too.

Three. Pad beam?

Cushion beam, also known as beam cushion, refers to a short transverse beam set at the contact surface between beam and brick wall in order to increase the bearing area of brick wall at the beam support.

Four, nine beams [Ji incarnation Li Ang]?

The crown is decorated with nine horizontal ridges. Beam refers to the transverse ridge on the crown of the tree. The number of beams depends on the quality of officials.

Verb (short for verb) Liang Shu?

A curved shaft used to drive horses in ancient cars. The front of the car is dome-shaped, such as the roof beam, hence the name.