酱汁
jiàng​zhī

sauce

酱 jiàng any jam-like or paste-like food Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 酉 represents the meaning and 将 represents the sound. Simplified form of 醬.

Components

将
将 SoundRemnant component
jiāng, jiàng will
酉
酉 Meaning component
yǒu wine

wine

Sources

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

汁 zhī juice

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 十 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

十
十 Sound component
shí ten

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsyip[t.k][ə]p juice

說文解字

《說文》：“汁，液也。从水，十聲。”

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)

醬 jiàng any jam-like or paste-like food Traditional

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

Components

將
將 Sound component
jiāng, jiàng take
酉
酉 Meaning component
yǒu wine

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsjangH[ts]aŋ-s sauce

說文解字

《說文》：“，盬也。从肉，从酉。酒以和也。爿聲。，古文。，籀文。”

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)