粱 — Chinese character
粱
liáng
sorghum, millet
- Pinyin
- liáng
- Radical
- 119 ⽶ (Rice)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 氵 刅 米
- Formation
- pictophonetic — millet; meaning component 米; sound component 刅
- Japanese
- 粱 as a kanji
Common words with 粱
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 高粱 | gāo liáng | sorghum; common sorghum (Sorghum vulgare) |
| 红高粱 (紅高粱) | hóng gāo liáng | red sorghum |
| 黄粱梦 (黃粱夢) | huáng liáng mèng | dream of golden millet; fig. illusions of wealth and glory |
| 黄粱一梦 (黃粱一夢) | huáng liáng yī mèng | see 黄粱梦 (huáng liáng mèng) |
| 膏粱 | gāo liáng | fatty meat and fine grains; (by extension) exquisite food |
| 甜高粱 | tián gāo liáng | sweet sorghum |
| 糖高粱 | táng gāo liáng | sweet sorghum |
| 膏粱子弟 | gāo liáng zǐ dì | (idiom) pampered scion of a wealthy family |
| 黄粱美梦 (黃粱美夢) | huáng liáng měi mèng | dream of golden millet; fig. illusions of wealth and power |
English words written with 粱
粱 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Mencius 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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