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

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• 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/

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• 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

1. good varieties of millet; millet in general
2. 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

1. chữ Hán form of lương (“staple”).