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
(Standard)
(Pinyin): liáng (liang²)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˊ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): niang²

(Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): liáng

(Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): lián
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): loeng⁴

(Dongguan, Jyutping++): ngoeng⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): liòng

(Hailu, HRS): liong

(Meixian, Guangdong): liong²
Jin (Wiktionary): lion¹
Eastern Min (BUC): liòng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): lyorng¹ / lyoeng¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): liâng / liông

(Teochew, Peng'im): liang⁵

(Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): liang⁵
Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): liang⁴
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶lian / ²lian
- (Jinhua): ²liaon
Xiang
(Changsha, Wiktionary): lian²

(Loudi, Wiktionary): niong²

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/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: niang²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: liang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /niaŋ²¹/
- (Xi'an)
  - Guanzhong Pinyin: liáng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liaŋ²⁴/
- (Nanjing)
  - Nanjing Pinyin: lián
  - Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): lian²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liã²⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: loeng⁴
  - Yale: lèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ²¹/
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
  - Jyutping++: ngoeng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋøŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: liòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: liong^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: liong²
  - Sinological IPA: /li̯oŋ¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: liong
  - Sinological IPA: /lioŋ⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: liong²
  - Sinological IPA: /liɔŋ¹¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: lion¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /liɒ̃¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: liòng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃uoŋ⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: lyorng¹
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: lio̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lyɒŋ⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: lyoeng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lyøŋ⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâng
  - Tâi-lô: liâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liaang
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /liaŋ²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /liaŋ¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /liaŋ²³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liông
  - Tâi-lô: liông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lioong
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /liɔŋ²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: liang⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liâng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liaŋ⁵⁵/
- (Leizhou)
  - Leizhou Pinyin: liang⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /liaŋ²²/
Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
  - Jyutping++: liang⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liɐŋ²¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶lian
  - MiniDict: lian^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lian
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /liã²³/
- (Northern: Jiading, Songjiang, Chongming, Suzhou, Changzhou, Jiaxing, Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Ningbo, Zhoushan)
  - Wugniu: ²lian
  - MiniDict: lian^平
  - Sinological IPA (Jiading): /liã³¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /liæ̃³¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Chongming): /ɦliã²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /liã²²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /liaŋ¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /liã³¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /liæ̃²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /liaŋ²³¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /liã³¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /liã²²/
- (Jinhua)
  - Wugniu: ²liaon
  - Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /liɑŋ³¹³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: lian²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯æn¹³/
- (Loudi)
  - Wiktionary: niong²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɔŋ¹³/

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)

References

“^▲粱”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

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”)