TSUMUGU · TOCFL 5 (est.) · 字
糧
ㄌㄧㄤˊ · liáng
noun — grain, provisions, food supply
字源 FORM — what the parts do
Tliàng → liáng — tone alone shifts
Grain (米) measured out by the peck; 量 liàng carries the sound, tone worn to liáng — provisions weighed for the road or the troops: 糧食、軍糧、乾糧.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
出門前,米(米)一斗斗量(量)進袋——這是路上的糧。
Before the road, grain (米) is measured (量) by the peck into the sack — these are the provisions.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)糧食、口糧— grain, provisions常用
→軍糧、乾糧— rations; dry travel-food
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
量liàngthe sound donor bare — add and the measure becomes the grain粱liángthe lookalike grain — 粱 is fine millet under , 糧 is provisions