粱 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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liáng

better varieties of millet

Components

氵 Unknown component

shui, shuǐ

water

刅 Sound component

chuāng

to create

米 Meaning component

mǐ

rice

millet

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

liáng

better varieties of millet; sorghum

Most common words with 粱

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[r]aŋ	ljang	liáng	millet, sorghum, grain

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3599th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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