Chinese symbol for “rations”
干粮
gān liáng
Traditional: 乾糧
rations (to take on expedition)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rations is 干粮 (gān liáng), defined as: rations (to take on expedition).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 干粮.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 干部 (幹部) | gàn bù | cadre; official |
| 干净 (乾淨) | gān jìng | clean; neat |
| 干嘛 (幹嘛) | gàn má | what are you doing?; whatever for? |
| 若干 | ruò gān | a certain number or amount; how many? |
| 干扰 (干擾) | gān rǎo | to disturb; to interfere |
| 干涉 | gān shè | to interfere; to meddle |
| 粮食 (糧食) | liáng shi | foodstuff; cereals |
| 粮仓 (糧倉) | liáng cāng | granary; barn |
See also: Japanese symbol for “rations”.
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.