Chinese symbol for “cereals”
粮食
liáng shi
Traditional: 糧食
foodstuff; cereals; 种 (zhǒng)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cereals is 粮食 (liáng shi), defined as: foodstuff; cereals; 种 (zhǒng).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “cereals”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 粮食.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 粮仓 (糧倉) | liáng cāng | granary; barn |
| 口粮 (口糧) | kǒu liáng | ration |
| 食粮 (食糧) | shí liáng | food cereals |
| 商品粮 (商品糧) | shāng pǐn liáng | commodity grain (grain produced as a commodity rather than for self-sufficiency) |
| 杂粮 (雜糧) | zá liáng | grain crops other than rice and wheat |
| 食品 | shí pǐn | foodstuff; food; provisions |
| 食物 | shí wù | food |
| 美食 | měi shí | culinary delicacy; fine food |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cereals”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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