懂中文 Dong Chinese

糧

liáng

grain, food

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

Components
米 meaning component

米  Meaning component

mǐ

  

rice

量 sound component

量  Sound component

liàng, liáng

  

measure

Evolution

糧 Bronze script Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)

Bronze script

Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
糧 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
糧 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
糧 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

粮 (糧) 

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