枫糖
fēng​táng

maple syrup

枫 fēng, fán maple tree Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 风 represents the sound. Simplified form of 楓.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
风
风 Sound component
fēng wind

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

糖 táng sugar

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

Components

米
米 Meaning component
mǐ rice
唐
唐 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
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

楓 maple tree Traditional

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
風
風 Sound component
fēng wind

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangplum
Unicodebiung

說文解字

木也。厚葉弱枝，善搖。一名欇。从木風聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)