棒糖 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

bàngtáng

lollipop

bàng stick

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 奉 represents the sound.

木 Meaning component

mù tree

奉 Sound component

fèng offer

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	broːŋʔ

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

米 Meaning component

mǐ rice

唐 Sound component

táng exaggerate

Regular Modern

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dang	C.lˤaŋ (no pre-Qín exx)	sugar

《說文新附》：“糖，飴也。从米，唐聲。”