Dong Chinese dictionary

liáng, liàng

cool

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 京 represents the sound.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

京 Sound component

jīng

capital city

涼 and 京 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.涼 /*C.raŋ/
京 /*[k]raŋ/

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

liáng

cool, cold; disheartened; cool; cold

Liáng

liàng

to let sth cool down

Most common words with 涼

Sources