# 粱

| 粱 | U+7CB1, &#31921; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7CB1 |
| ← 粰 [U+7CB0] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 粲 → [U+7CB2] |

## Translingual
### Han character

粱 (Kangxi radical 119, 米+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水金火木 (ECFD) or 水戈火木 (EIFD), four-corner 3390$_4$, composition ⿱⿰氵刅米)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 909, character 20
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26962
* Dae Jaweon: page 1335, character 16
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3149, character 12
* Unihan data for U+7CB1

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 粱 :
| Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script |
| | Old Chinese |
| 梁 | *raŋ |
| 粱 | *raŋ |
| 刱 | *sʰraŋs |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): liáng (liang$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liâng / liông
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: liáng
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: liáng
*** Wade–Giles: liang$^2$
*** Yale: lyáng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liang
*** Palladius: лян (ljan)
*** Sinological IPA : /li̯ɑŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: loeng$^4$
*** Yale: lèuhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: loeng$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lêng$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lœːŋ²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâng
*** Tâi-lô: liâng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liaang
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /liaŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /liaŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /liaŋ²³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liông
*** Tâi-lô: liông
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lioong
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Xiamen): /liɔŋ²⁴/
* Middle Chinese: ljang
Rime :
| Character | 粱 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (105) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 呂章切 |
| Baxter | ljang |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /lɨɐŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /liɐŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /liɑŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lɨaŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /liaŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /lĭaŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /li̯aŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | liáng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | loeng$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]aŋ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*raŋ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 粱 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | liáng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ljang › |
| Old Chinese | /*[r]aŋ/ |
| English | millet, sorghum, grain |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 粱 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 1649 |
| Phonetic component | 刅 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 良 |
| Old Chinese | /*raŋ/ |

### Definitions

粱
* good varieties of millet; millet in general
* exquisite staple food

#### Compounds

* 一枕黃粱／一枕黄粱 (yīzhěnhuángliáng)
* 夢斷黃粱／梦断黄粱
* 夢粱錄／梦粱录
* 夢覺黃粱／梦觉黄粱
* 稻粱 (dàoliáng)
* 稻粱謀／稻粱谋
* 粱肉
* 粱菽
* 膏粱 (gāoliáng)
* 膏粱之子
* 膏粱厚味
* 膏粱子弟
* 膏粱文繡／膏粱文绣
* 膏粱紈綺／膏粱纨绮
* 膏粱錦繡／膏粱锦绣
* 菰粱
* 藋粱
* 高粱 (gāoliáng)
* 高粱篾兒／高粱篾儿
* 高粱米 (gāoliángmǐ)
* 高粱酒 (gāoliángjiǔ)
* 黃粱／黄粱 (huángliáng)
* 黃粱一夢／黄粱一梦 (huángliángyīmèng)
* 黃粱夢／黄粱梦 (huángliángmèng)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): りょう (ryō)
* Kun: あわ (awa, 粱)

## Korean
### Hanja

粱 • (ryang>yang) (hangeul 량>양, revised ryang>yang, McCune–Reischauer ryang>yang, Yale lyang>yang)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

粱: Hán Nôm readings: lương
* chữ Hán form of lương (“staple”).