梁

Glyph origin
— a bridge.

Definitions

 * 1)  state of Liang
 * 2) An ancient Chinese state during the Spring and Autumn period
 * 3) The State of  during the Warring States period, after moving its capital to Daliang
 * 4) A kingdom during the Han dynasty
 * 5) One of two ancient Chinese states during the end of the Sui dynasty
 * 6)  Liang dynasty
 * , one of the Southern Dynasties
 * 1)  of the
 * , one of the Southern Dynasties
 * 1)  of the

Descendants
Others:

Etymology 1
From ; attested phonetically in Old Japanese in the  of 794, with the spelling 宇都波利.

Likely a compound of 🇰🇲, as suggested by various works.

Alternatively, the initial utsu- is connected to utsu-, spelled variously in addition to as, , , which are likely cognates.

Noun

 * 1) a beam
 * 2)  the central figure or person, a pillar

Etymology 2
Attested in the.

The late attestation in Middle Japanese suggests that this might have been an abbreviation of, also pronounced utsuhari in older texts.

Noun

 * 1) beam, joist

Etymology 3
From. Attested in the  of 720.

There are various theories, such as a derivation from, , an abbreviation of , and a shift from.

Noun

 * 1) fish trap, fish weir

Etymology 4
From.

Proper noun

 * 1)  Liang

Etymology
From.