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How do you read 糧 in Japanese?
What helps sustain us.
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Give the native reading of 糧 in 経験を糧にする, drawing strength from experience.
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Food, or something that sustains the mind and growth. Two hiragana beginning with ka.
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Describe the shapes you see
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rice radical beside 量
米 beside 日 and 里 food kanji
rice radical 18 strokes sustenance for the mind
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糧: 18 strokes; radical 米 (rice). Distinguish informal descriptions of the shape from the dictionary radical.
糧18 strokes / radical: 米 (rice)
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The answer is
かて
kate
糧
Understand the meaning
English translationSustenance / nourishment
Food that sustains life, and figuratively nourishment or support for the mind and daily life. Experience or reading can become 糧.
See it in a sentence
旅で出会った人の言葉を、これからの糧にしたい。I want to draw strength for the future from the words of someone I met while traveling.
A way to remember
The native reading is kate; 食糧 uses ryō. Check how it functions in the sentence.
Sources：Kanjipedia: 糧
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What an experience gives you
失敗を糧にする means learning from a failure and using it, not celebrating the failure itself. Ask what is being taken from the experience and how it supports the next step.
例：発表での失敗を糧にして、次は聞き手に伝わる順序を考えた。
Learning from a failed presentation, I planned a clearer order for the audience next time.
Distinguish literal and figurative nourishment
その日の糧 can refer to daily food, while 心の糧 concerns support for the mind. Identify what is being sustained to understand the shift in meaning.
References for this explanation：Kanjipedia: 糧
Explanation checked on 2026-10-25. Additional examples were written by DuraRing for this page.
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