粮 liáng food
food; grain; provisions
怎么记住“粮”: 米 rice + 良 good = food. Before the long winter grandma fills the cellar with sacks of rice and good jars of pickles, enough food for the whole family.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
粮 = 米 rice + 良 good
- 米 rice meaning
- 良 good sound
Before the long winter grandma fills the cellar with sacks of rice and good jars of pickles, enough food for the whole family.
How it came to be
Rice gives the meaning and the sign for good the sound; the full form used another sound part.
用法
- Bound, somewhat formal/written morpheme for "food, grain, provisions", almost always seen as 粮食 (liángshi) "foodstuff/grain", the standard word in agriculture, economics, and news (粮食安全 "food security").
- In casual conversation about what to eat, people say 吃的 (chī de) or specific dishes, not 粮.