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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
liáng - grain
- food
- provisions
- agricultural tax paid in grain

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 11,990 3,610 5,565

Character Breakdown:

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Pictophonetic

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Semantic:

Hint:

Grain

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
粮食 5 4 10,421 2,349 8,215
- - 11,990 3,610 5,565
粗粮 - - 30,082 28,802 13,609
粮仓 - - 31,565 34,506 49,906
口粮 - - 32,457 22,249 33,342
干粮 - - 33,756 27,617 23,471
食粮 - - 35,525 33,179 27,576
弹尽粮绝 - - 37,272 68,682 48,164
粮票 - - 39,442 37,537 31,223
粮草 - - 39,884 24,972 49,097
军粮 - - 43,614 46,289 80,508
皇粮 - - 56,875 - -
杂粮 - - 67,912 24,816 17,414
储备粮 - - 78,748 44,842 59,053
钱粮 - - 78,901 43,856 80,282
救济粮 - - 92,433 68,014 96,028