<p>Yes, it is「良」.</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/lxkoK.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/lxkoK.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p>That's just a minor shape variation, probably influenced by Qin bamboo or Han clerical brush writing.</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/qkiZu.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/qkiZu.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

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  <p>In small seal script, the bottom of「良」is corrupted into「亾」(「亡」), so as long as you see something resembling「亾」then that's a positive identification.</p>
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<p>Someone sent me this picture and asked me if I knew what it was:</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/rpMFG.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/rpMFG.png" alt="pic"></a></p>

<p>I had a couple of hunches and browsed through Pleco's <strong>Small Seal Script Chinese character font</strong>. The small seal script for 良 looks very similar:</p>

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  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/fYZj4.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/fYZj4.png" alt="pic"></a></p>
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<p>But I'm not expert &amp; there might be some rookie mistake I'm making here.</p>

<p>Is it the picture <em>actually</em> the character 良 -or- have I somehow lost the plot here on this one?</p>

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Is this the character 良?
# Is this the character 良?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-03-20)

Someone sent me this picture and asked me if I knew what it was:

[![pic](https://i.sstatic.net/rpMFG.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/rpMFG.png)

I had a couple of hunches and browsed through Pleco's **Small Seal Script Chinese character font**. The small seal script for 良 looks very similar:

> [![pic](https://i.sstatic.net/fYZj4.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/fYZj4.png)

But I'm not expert & there might be some rookie mistake I'm making here.

Is it the picture *actually* the character 良 -or- have I somehow lost the plot here on this one?

**Tags:** characters, character-identification, seal


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2019-03-20. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

Yes, it is「良」.

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/lxkoK.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/lxkoK.png)

That's just a minor shape variation, probably influenced by Qin bamboo or Han clerical brush writing.

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/qkiZu.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/qkiZu.png)

> In small seal script, the bottom of「良」is corrupted into「亾」(「亡」), so as long as you see something resembling「亾」then that's a positive identification.


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