粮

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grain; food; provisions; agricultural tax paid in grain

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

米 meaning “grain” + 良 sound ( liáng )

Components 米良

provisions · Heisig RSH #2515

米 rice + halo

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

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…

Characters sharing the sound component 良 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
良 sound part	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