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: 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
Min Nan (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): /ljɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: loeng⁴
  - Yale: lèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ²¹/
Min Nan
- (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: /lɨɐŋ/

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨɐŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/liɐŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/liɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɨaŋ/
Li Rong	/liaŋ/
Wang Li	/lĭaŋ/
Bernard 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

稻粱 (dàoliáng)
粱肉
粱菽
膏粱 (gāoliáng)
膏粱之子
膏粱厚味
膏粱子弟
菰粱

藋粱
高粱 (gāoliáng)
高粱米 (gāoliángmǐ)
高粱酒 (gāoliángjiǔ)
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

稻粱謀／稻粱谋
膏粱文繡／膏粱文绣
膏粱紈綺／膏粱纨绮
膏粱錦繡／膏粱锦绣
高粱篾兒／高粱篾儿
黃粱／黄粱 (huángliáng)
黃粱一夢／黄粱一梦 (huángliángyīmèng)
黃粱夢／黄粱梦 (huángliángmèng)

Japanese

Kanji

粱

(uncommon “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, thông

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