provisions, food, bread
糧 centers on the food and supplies that sustain life: provisions for a journey, daily nourishment, or the metaphorical bread that keeps one going.
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.
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.
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.
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
food; provisions
(army) provisions; food
food shortage; food scarcity; difficulty of obtaining food
provisions
World Food Program; WFP
starvation tactics
army rice
rations
UN Food and Agriculture Organization (Organisation); FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
International Food Policy Research Institute; IFPRI
food for thought
military provisions
Law for Stabilization of Supply, Demand and Prices of Staple Food
one's daily bread
oils and fats; oil stuff; (ingredient with) high oil content
source of vitality; life sustenance
source of one's livelihood; one's bread and butter
military provisions and cavalry horse fodder