táng​jiāng

syrup

táng sugar

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
rice
Sound component
táng exaggerate

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdangC.lˤaŋ (no pre-Qín exx)sugar

說文解字

《說文新附》:“糖,飴也。从米,唐聲。”

Sources

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

jiāng thick fluid, broth, starch Simplified

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

Components

SoundRemnant component
jiāng, jiàng will
Meaning component
shuǐ water

water

Sources

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

漿 jiāng thick fluid, broth, starch Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Sound component
jiāng, jiàng take
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