糖

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

sugar

HSK 3 N1

Objects →Food

táng

トウ

당, 탕

Phonosemantic compound. 米 represents the meaning and 唐 represents the sound.

Components

米 rice+ 唐 Tang =

糖 sugar

米 Meaning component

mǐ rice

hulled or husked uncooked rice

唐 Phonetic component

táng Tang

Tang dynasty

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Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

糖

Regular

Modern

Chinese

糖 [táng]

sugar; sweets; candy; CL:顆|颗[kē],塊|块[kuài]

Japanese

糖とう同音

noun sugar

Korean

당 [糖]

Noun

sugar; A carbohydrate that melts well in water and has sweetness, such as glucose, fructose, starch, etc.

Example Sentences

🇯🇵 (1)

今まで、一度、糖が出たことがありますが、今回は蛋白のみでした。

Until now sugar had been detected in my urine once, however this time there is only albumin.

Japanese Names

糖とう

Tou surname

CHINESE WORDS (165)

糖果 [tángguǒ] #3,688

candy

糖尿病 [tángniàobìng] #7,101

diabetes

口香糖 [kǒuxiāngtáng] #4,658

(refined) white sugar

葡萄糖 [pútaotáng] #25,674

glucose C6H12O6

糖浆 [tángjiāng] #8,785

syrup

糖浆 [tángjiāng] #8,785

syrup

棒棒糖 [bàngbàngtáng] #9,928

lollipop

软糖 [ruǎntáng] #9,447

soft candy (gummi candy, gumdrop, jellybean etc)

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JAPANESE WORDS (179)

⭐ 糖尿病 [とうにょうびょう] #42,960

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KOREAN WORDS (10)