粱 (liáng): sorghum
粱 (liáng) is a Chinese character meaning “sorghum.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (structural), 刅 (phonetic) and 米 (semantic). It ranks #4551 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 粱 millet. Its radical form 米 (rice) appears in many related characters such as 粗 (cū, (of sth long) wide), 粉 (fěn, powder), 精 (jīng, essence).
Definitions
- sorghum
Etymology & Origin
pictophoneticmillet
Decomposition: ⿱⿰氵刅米 (layout: top-bottom)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 高粱noun | gāo liáng | sorghum |
| 黄粱一梦phrase | huáng liáng yī mèng | see 黃粱夢|黄粱梦 |
| 黄粱梦noun | huáng liáng mèng | dream of golden millet |
| 黄粱美梦 | huáng liáng měi mèng | dream of golden millet |
| 红高粱 | hóng gāo liáng | red sorghum |
| 膏粱子弟 | gāo liáng zǐ dì | (idiom) pampered scion of a wealthy family |
| 糖高粱 | táng gāo liáng | sweet sorghum |
| 甜高粱 | tián gāo liáng | sweet sorghum |
| 膏粱 | gāo liáng | fatty meat and fine grains |
粱 appears in 9 compound words: 0 as the first character, 56 as the last, and 44 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
学习粱字需要反复练习,才能写得工整。
xué xí liáng zì xū yāo fǎn fù liàn xí , cái néng xiě dé gōng zhěng .
Learning to write the character "liang" requires repeated practice to ensure it is written neatly.
他所有的电影,从《红高粱》一直下来,我都看过。
tā suǒ yǒu de diàn yǐng , cóng hóng gāo liáng yī zhí xià lái , wǒ dōu kàn guò .
I've seen all of his movies, starting with *Red Sorghum* and all the way through.
临别之际,夏军伟向彼尔姆奥运足球后备学校赠送了青岛特色糖果高粱饴。
lín bié zhī jì , xià jūn wěi xiàng bǐ ěr mǔ ào yùn zú qiú hòu bèi xué jiào zèng sòng le qīng dǎo tè sè táng guǒ gāo liáng 饴 .
As he was about to depart, Xia Junwei presented the Perm Olympic Football Training School with “sorghum candy,” a traditional specialty from Qingdao.
电影分 4 个章节讲述他们的故事,用复古典雅的摄影呈现普通人的黄粱一梦。
diàn yǐng fēn 4 gè zhāng jié jiǎng shù tā men de gù shì , yòng fù gǔ diǎn yǎ de shè yǐng chéng xiàn pǔ tōng rén de huáng liáng yī mèng .
The film tells their story in four chapters, using retro and elegant cinematography to depict the fleeting dreams of ordinary people.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 米 (millet) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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