糧 [粮] liáng
verb
: grain; food; provisions
: agricultural tax paid in grain
Kun Reading
糧 | かて kate
godan verb with ru ending | transitive verb
: food; provisions
On Reading
リョウ ryou、 ロウ rou
糧[粮]食 liang2shi: foodstuff; cereals
[糧食 | りょうしょく ryoushoku: provisions]
糧[粮]票 liang2piao4: coupons for food or grain used in a PRC economic program c. 1955-1993
糧秣 [粮秣] liang2mo4: provisions (e.g. military); forage; fodder
[糧秣 | りょうまつ ryoumatsu: military provisions and cavalry horse fodder]
糧[粮]道 liang2 dao4: route for providing foodstuff
[糧道 | りょうどうryoudou: supply line; supply of provisions]
糧倉 [粮仓] liang2cang1: granary; barn; fig. bread basket (of fertile agricultural land)
糧[粮]店 liang2dian4: grain store
糧庫 [粮库] liang2ku4: grain depot
粗糧[粮] cu1liang2: coarse grains (maize, sorghum etc)
乾糧 [干粮] gan1liang2: rations (to take on expedition)
食糧 shi2liang2: food cereals
[食糧 | しょくりょう shoukuryou: provisions; rations; food supply]
公糧[粮] gong1liang2: tax paid in grain
口糧[粮] kou3liang2: ration [口糧 | こうりょう kouryou: rations]
斷糧 [断粮] duan4liang2: to run out of food
Japanese common word | expression
心の糧 | こころのかて kokoro no kate
: food for thought
Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
吃皇糧 [吃皇粮] chi1 huang2 liang2
: lit. to eat from government coffers; to serve as a government employee; to live off government money
寅吃卯糧 [寅吃卯粮] yin2 chi1 mao3 liang2
: lit. eating away next year’s food in advance; fig. to dip into the next month’s check; live now, pay later
彈盡糧絕 [弹尽粮绝] dan4 jin4 liang2 jue2
: out of ammunition and no food left; in desperate straits
兵精糧足 [兵精粮足] bing1 jing1 liang2 zu2
: elite soldiers, ample provisions; well prepared forces; preparations for war are in an advanced state
吃糧不管事 [吃粮不管事] chi1 liang2 bu4 guan3 shi4
: to eat without working; to take one’s pay and not care about the rest
兵馬未動，糧草先行 [兵马未动，粮草先行] bing1 ma3 wei4 dong4 , liang2 cao3 xian1 xing2
: before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first; logistics comes before military maneuvers; an army marches on its stomach
形声 Pictophonetic.
米 (mi3: rice radical 119) suggests the meaning while
量 (liang2 | liang4: to measure | capacity) provides the sound.
簡體 Simplified:
粮. Created as unique simplification #161 (糧 » 粮) via replacement of character component.
Examples:
旱魃は食糧不足を招いた。
かんばつはしょくりょうふそくをまねいた kanbatsu wa shokuryou fusoku o maneita
The drought led to an insufficiency of food.
