糧 – provisions, food, bread

18 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1354 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 糧 means provisions, food, bread. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is リョウ、ロウ (ryou, rou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is かて (kate). It is written with 18 strokes, under radical 米 (no. 119).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	リョウ	ryou
On’yomi	ロウ	rou
Kun’yomi	かて	kate

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 米 (Kangxi radical 119). Components: 一・日・米・里.

Words using 糧

食糧しょくりょうfood (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat)

Example sentences

食糧が不足している。

Food has been in short supply.

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Kanji with the same radical

米精粘糖粉粧粒粗粋粥糊

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.