The kanji 糧: meaning, readings and stroke order

糧

Meaning: food, provisions
On reading: リョウ ryou、ロウ* rou
Kun reading: かて kate
Strokes: 18
Radical: 米 rice
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: lương thực (lương)
Japanese: たべもの。かて。
Korean: 양식, 먹을거리 (량·양)
Chinese: 粮食 (粮)

Readings, words and example sentences

リョウ ryou · on reading

食しょく糧りょう
food supplies
食しょく糧りょうを十分にたくわえます。
They store up plenty of food.

かて kate · kun reading · less common

糧かて
nourishment, something that helps you grow
失敗も成長の 糧かてになります。
Even failure helps you grow.

* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.