糧
provisions, food, bread
Readings
On'yomi
- リョウ
- ロウ
Kun'yomi
- かて
Meaning
糧 centers on the food and supplies that sustain life: provisions for a journey, daily nourishment, or the metaphorical bread that keeps one going.
Most common words using 糧
20 of 36- 食糧しょくりょうN3
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
- 糧かて
food; provisions
- 兵糧ひょうろう
(army) provisions; food
- 食糧難しょくりょうなん
food shortage; food scarcity; difficulty of obtaining food
- 糧食りょうしょく
provisions
- 食糧庁しょくりょうちょう
food agency
- 世界食糧計画せかいしょくりょうけいかく
World Food Program; WFP
- 兵糧攻めひょうろうぜめ
starvation tactics
- 兵糧米ひょうろうまい
army rice
- 口糧こうりょう
rations
- 国連食糧農業機関こくれんしょくりょうのうぎょうきかん
UN Food and Agriculture Organization (Organisation); FAO
- 国際連合食糧農業機関こくさいれんごうしょくりょうのうぎょうきかん
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- 国際食糧政策研究所こくさいしょくりょうせいさくけんきゅうじょ
International Food Policy Research Institute; IFPRI
- 心の糧こころのかて
food for thought
- 携帯糧秣けいたいりょうまつ
military provisions
- 新食糧法しんしょくりょうほう
Law for Stabilization of Supply, Demand and Prices of Staple Food
- 日々の糧ひびのかて
one's daily bread
- 油糧ゆりょう
oils and fats; oil stuff; (ingredient with) high oil content
- 生きる糧いきるかて
source of vitality; life sustenance
- 生活の糧せいかつのかて
source of one's livelihood; one's bread and butter
Study
Etymology
糧 combines 米 (rice, grain) with 量 (measure, quantity), suggesting measured grain as provisions. The character likely originated as a phono-semantic compound where 量 also hints at the sound.
Meaning mnemonic
Rice 米 is measured out 量 to prepare provisions for a journey or daily food. Picture a person carefully measuring rice to make sure there is enough bread and food to sustain everyone.
Reading mnemonic
For リョウ, imagine a traveler named Ryo packing measured rice provisions: Ryo -> リョウ, and the rice 米 is measured 量 for the trip.