Chinese symbol for “granary”
粮仓
liáng cāng
Traditional: 糧倉
granary; barn; fig. bread basket (of fertile agricultural land)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for granary is 粮仓 (liáng cāng), defined as: granary; barn; fig. bread basket (of fertile agricultural land).
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 “granary”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 囷 | qūn | granary; Taiwan pr. [jun1] |
| 廒 | áo | granary |
| 仓 (倉) | cāng | barn; granary |
| 料仓 (料倉) | liào cāng | granary; storehouse |
| 廥仓 (廥倉) | kuài cāng | granary |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 粮仓.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 粮食 (糧食) | liáng shi | foodstuff; cereals |
| 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 |
| 仓库 (倉庫) | cāng kù | depot; storehouse |
| 仓储 (倉儲) | cāng chǔ | to store in a warehouse |
| 仓促 (倉促) | cāng cù | all of a sudden; hurriedly |
See also: Japanese symbol for “granary”.
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.