粮 liáng food
food; grain; provisions
How to remember 粮: 米 rice + 良 good = food. Before the long winter grandma fills the cellar with sacks of rice and good jars of pickles, enough food for the whole family.
Component breakdown
粮 = 米 rice + 良 good
- 米 rice
- 良 good
Before the long winter grandma fills the cellar with sacks of rice and good jars of pickles, enough food for the whole family.
How it is used
- Bound, somewhat formal/written morpheme for "food, grain, provisions" - almost always seen as 粮食 (liángshi) "foodstuff/grain", the standard word in agriculture, economics, and news (粮食安全 "food security").
- In casual conversation about what to eat, people say 吃的 (chī de) or specific dishes, not 粮.