Chinese symbol for “sorghum”
高粱
gāo liáng
sorghum; common sorghum (Sorghum vulgare)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sorghum is 高粱 (gāo liáng), defined as: sorghum; common sorghum (Sorghum vulgare).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “sorghum”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 粱 | liáng | sorghum |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 高粱.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 最高 | zuì gāo | tallest; highest |
| 提高 | tí gāo | to raise; to increase |
| 高兴 (高興) | gāo xìng | happy; glad |
| 高级 (高級) | gāo jí | high level; high grade |
| 高度 | gāo dù | height; altitude |
| 高中 | gāo zhōng | senior high school (abbr. for 高级中学 (gāo jí zhōng xué)) |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sorghum”.
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.