葡糖 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

pútáng

glucose

pú grapes

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 匍 represents the sound.

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

匍 Sound component

pú crawl

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		baː
Unicode	bho

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

米 Meaning component

mǐ rice

唐 Sound component

táng exaggerate

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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。”