粱

See also: 梁

粱	U+7CB1, 粱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7CB1

← 粰
[U+7CB0]

CJK Unified Ideographs

粲 →
[U+7CB2]

Translingual

Han character

粱 (Kangxi radical 119, 米+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水金火木 (ECFD) or 水戈火木 (EIFD), four-corner 3390₄, composition ⿱⿰氵刅米)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 909, character 20
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26962
Dae Jaweon: page 1335, character 16
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3149, character 12
Unihan data for U+7CB1

Chinese

trad.		粱
simp. ^#		粱

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 粱
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (刅) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
梁	*raŋ
粱	*raŋ
刱	*sʰraŋs

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liáng (liang²)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liâng / liông

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liáng
  - Wade–Giles: liang²
  - Yale: lyáng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liang
  - Palladius: лян (ljan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: loeng⁴
  - Yale: lèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâng
  - Tâi-lô: liâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liaang
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /liaŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liaŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liaŋ²³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liông
  - Tâi-lô: liông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lioong
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /liɔŋ²⁴/

Middle Chinese: ljang

Rime
Character	粱
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	呂章切
Baxter	ljang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/liɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/liɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/liaŋ/
Wang Li	/lĭaŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯aŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liáng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	loeng⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]aŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*raŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	粱
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	liáng
Middle Chinese	‹ ljang ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]aŋ/
English	millet, sorghum, grain
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	粱
Reading #	1/1
No.	1649
Phonetic component	刅
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	良
Old Chinese	/*raŋ/

Definitions

粱

good varieties of millet; millet in general
exquisite staple food

Compounds

一枕黃粱 / 一枕黄粱 (yīzhěnhuángliáng)
夢斷黃粱 / 梦断黄粱
夢粱錄 / 梦粱录
夢覺黃粱 / 梦觉黄粱
稻粱 (dàoliáng)
稻粱謀 / 稻粱谋
粱肉
粱菽
膏粱 (gāoliáng)
膏粱之子
膏粱厚味
膏粱子弟
膏粱文繡 / 膏粱文绣
膏粱紈綺 / 膏粱纨绮
膏粱錦繡 / 膏粱锦绣
菰粱
藋粱
高粱 (gāoliáng)
高粱篾兒 / 高粱篾儿
高粱米 (gāoliángmǐ)
高粱酒 (gāoliángjiǔ)
黃粱 / 黄粱 (huángliáng)
黃粱一夢 / 黄粱一梦 (huángliángyīmèng)
黃粱夢 / 黄粱梦 (huángliángmèng)

Japanese

Kanji

粱

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): りょう (ryō)
Kun: あわ (awa, 粱)

Korean

Hanja

粱 • (ryang>yang) (hangeul 량>양, revised ryang>yang, McCune–Reischauer ryang>yang, Yale lyang>yang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

粱: Hán Nôm readings: lương

chữ Hán form of lương (“staple”)