粮
grain; food; provisions; agricultural tax paid in grain
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,258 U+7CAE
How 粮 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
米 (semantic, “grain”) + 良 (phonetic, liáng)
How to remember it
provisions · Heisig RSH #2515
米 rice + halo
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 良
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 良 (liáng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 良 sound component | liáng | good, virtuous, respectable |
| 浪 | làng | breaker, wave; reckless, wasteful |
| 娘 | niáng | mother; young girl; woman; wife |
| 朗 | lǎng | bright, clear, distinct |
| 狼 | láng | wolf |
| 酿 | niàng | to ferment, to brew |
| 琅 | láng | pure, white; carnelian |
| 踉 | liàng | to hop, to jump; hurried, urgent |
| 锒 | láng | chain, lock; ornament |
| 稂 | láng | grass; weeds |
| 莨 | làng | Japanese belladonna; Scopolia japonica |
Words containing 粮
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 兵马未动，粮草先行 | bīng mǎ wèi dòng , liáng cǎo xiān xíng | before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before mil… |
| 吃粮不管事 | chī liáng bù guǎn shì | to eat without working (idiom); to take one's pay and not care about the rest |
| 粮食作物 | liáng shi zuò wù | grain crops; cereals |
| 联合国粮农组织 | Lián hé guó Liáng nóng Zǔ zhī | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) |
| 产粮区 | chǎn liáng qū | food growing area |
| 交粮本 | jiāo liáng běn | to hand in one's ration cards; to die |
| 吃公粮 | chī gōng liáng | to be on the government payroll |
| 产粮大省 | chǎn liáng dà shěng | major agricultural province |
| 兵精粮足 | bīng jīng liáng zú | elite soldiers, ample provisions (idiom); well-prepared forces; preparations for war are i… |
| 商品粮 | shāng pǐn liáng | commodity grain (grain produced as a commodity rather than for self-sufficiency) |
| 粮行 | liáng háng | grain retailer (in former times) |
| 公粮 | gōng liáng | grain collected by the government as tax |
| 出粮 | chū liáng | (dialect) to pay salary |
| 口粮 | kǒu liáng | ration |
| 粮道 | liáng dào | route for providing foodstuff |
| 弹尽粮绝 | dàn jìn liáng jué | out of ammunition and no food left (idiom); in desperate straits |
| 军粮 | jūn liáng | army provisions |
| 粮草 | liáng cǎo | army provisions; rations and fodder |
| 干粮 | gān liáng | rations (to take on expedition) |
| 吃皇粮 | chī huáng liáng | lit. to eat from government coffers; to serve as a government employee; to live off govern… |