粮 liáng
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 米 — rice, millet, grain
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
粮食
liángshi
grain; food supplies
Characters in this word
食 shí
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 食 — food
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 粮食很多。 Liáng shi hěn duō. There is a lot of grain.
- 我们买粮食。 Wǒ men mǎi liáng shi. We buy food supplies.
- 粮食要省点。 Liáng shi yào shěng diǎn. We should save some grain.