浆糊
jiàng​hu

paste

浆 jiāng thick fluid, broth, starch Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 水 represents the meaning and 将 represents the sound. Simplified form of 漿.

Components

将
将 SoundRemnant component
jiāng, jiàng will
水
水 Meaning component
shuǐ water

water

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

糊 hu, hú muddled, paste

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

Components

米
米 Meaning component
mǐ rice
胡
胡 Sound component
hú beard

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthuCə.[g]ˤa
(~ *C.[g]ˤa; no pre-Qín exx.)		to paste (v.)

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart

漿 jiāng thick fluid, broth, starch Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 水 represents the meaning and 將 represents the sound.

Components

將
將 Sound component
jiāng, jiàng take
水
水 Meaning component
shuǐ water

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsjang[ts]aŋ drink (n.)

說文解字

《說文》：“，酢也。从水，將省聲。，古文省。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)