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醬
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酱
🇨🇳
醤
🇯🇵

thick sauce

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jiàng
ショウ
ひしお
Phonosemantic compound. 酉 represents the meaning and 將 represents the sound.
Components
將 commander+ 酉 vessel =
醬 thick sauce
將 Phonetic component
commander
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酉 Meaning component
yǒu vessel
10th terrestrial branch
Notes
Similar Characters
槳 oar (trad)漿 thick liquid (trad)獎 award (trad)蔣 Jiang (trad)蹡 limp猶 just like (trad/jp)酋 chieftain酒 liquor酥 butter醜 ugly (trad/jp)酊 intoxicated酌 pour wine配 distribute酎 double-fermented wine酏 millet wine酐 anhydride酕 drunk酖 wine with bird酗 become酚 carbolic acid
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
醬
Regular
Modern
Chinese
酱 / 醬 [jiàng]
thick paste of fermented soybean; marinated in soy paste; paste; jam
Japanese
醤 ひしお 同音

noun

  1. paste similar to miso made from koji mold and salt water
  2. watery mash left over from making soy sauce
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
醤 かつさわ
Katsusawa unclassified name
醤 かつざわ
Katsuzawa unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (44)
酱油 [jiàng​yóu] #14,794
soy sauce
番茄酱 [fān​qié​jiàng] #8,226
ketchup
花生酱 [huā​shēng​jiàng] #7,741
peanut butter
果酱 [guǒ​jiàng] #9,546
jam
鱼子酱 [yú​zǐ​jiàng] #10,609
caviar
肉酱 [ròu​jiàng] #14,693
minced meat sauce
酱紫 [jiàng​zǐ] #52,997
dark reddish purple
黄酱 [huáng​jiàng] #13,713
yellow soybean paste (fermented and salted)
辣椒酱 [là​jiāo​jiàng] #14,444
red pepper paste
豆瓣酱 [dòu​bàn​jiàng] #55,035
sticky chili bean sauce
34 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (39)
⭐ 醤油 [しょうゆ] #12,155
soy sauce
⭐ 味噌 [みそ] #12,808
miso
魚醤 [ぎょしょう] #69,750
fish sauce (made from fermented salted fish)
醤油ラーメン [しょうゆラーメン] #80,666
soy sauce ramen
醤 [ひしお] #89,209
paste similar to miso made from koji mold and salt water
豆板醤 [トーバンジャン] #95,886
doubanjiang (Chinese broad bean chili paste)
バター醤油 [バターじょうゆ] #104,677
butter and soy sauce
酢醤油 [すじょうゆ] #124,625
mixture of soy sauce and vinegar
醤油差し [しょうゆさし] #131,644
soy sauce bottle
砂糖醤油 [さとうじょうゆ] #135,990
sweet soy sauce
29 more items
KOREAN WORDS (1)
쌈醬
ssamjang; red chili and soybean paste