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Kanji Detail for 粱 - "millet, fine grain"
粱
- Meaning
粱 means "millet, fine grain."
Millet - Foxtail millet; an annual grain of the Poaceae family.
Fine grain - High-quality grain.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
high quality rice
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
better varieties of millet
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
sorghum
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
sorghum, millet
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A grain plant. Form described in "粟." When it begins to grow it is called sprout. | It is called grain. Its fruit is called 粟. Its rice is called 粢. Since ancient times a major food staple of the north. Hence called 嘉穀 (fine grain). Now compared to rice being 大米 (large rice). It is called 小米 (small rice). The Rites of Zhou's nine grains and six grains. All have 粱 but no 粟. We know anciently they were the same thing with different names. After the Han, those with large spikes, long awns, and coarse grains began to be called 粱. Those with small spikes, short awns, and fine grains were called 粟.
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