糧 - Dong Chinese dictionary

liáng

grain, food

Phonosemantic compound. 米 represents the meaning and 量 represents the sound.

Components

米 Meaning component

mǐ

rice

量 Sound component

liàng, liáng

measure

Evolution

Bronze script

Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

liáng

food, grain, provisions; grain; food; provisions; agricultural tax paid in grain

Most common words with 糧

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	粮食	foodstuff
	粮	grain
	口粮	ration
	粗粮	coarse grains (maize, sorghum etc)
	粮仓	granary

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[r]aŋ	ljang	liáng	grain, provisions

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 3.2677% of movies

2627th most common character in movies

1303rd most common character in books

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