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粱
粱
See also: 梁
Translingual
Han character
粱 (radical 119 米+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水金火木 (ECFD) or 水戈火木 (EIFD), four-corner 33904)
- better varieties of millet
References
- KangXi: page 909, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26962
- Dae Jaweon: page 1335, character 16
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3149, character 12
- Unihan data for U+7CB1
Chinese
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simp. and trad. |
粱 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 粱
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|---|---|
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (刅) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 梁 | *raŋ |
| 粱 | *raŋ |
| 刱 | *sʰraŋs |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˊ
- Wade-Giles: liang2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liang
- IPA (key): /li̯ɑŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: loeng4
- Yale: lèuhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: loeng4
- IPA (key): /lœːŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
| 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 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/lɨɐŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/liɐŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/liɑŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/lɨaŋ/ |
| Li Rong |
/liaŋ/ |
| Wang Li |
/lĭaŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/li̯aŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
liáng |
| 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; | |
| 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
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Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
粱 • (ryang>yang) (hangeul 량>양, revised ryang>yang, McCune-Reischauer ryang>yang, Yale lyang>yang)
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