醣

See also: 糖

Translingual

Han character

醣 (Kangxi radical 164, 酉+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一田戈中口 (MWILR), four-corner 1066₇, composition ⿰酉唐)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1286, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39987
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3594, character 2
• Unihan data for U+91A3

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 酉 (“oxygenated functional group”) + phonetic 唐. 酉 is a common component in other organic compounds with oxygen, such as 醇 (chún, “alcohol”), 醛 (quán, “aldehyde”) and 酮 (tóng, “ketone”).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 醣 – see 糖 (“saccharide; carbohydrate”). (This character is a variant traditional form of 糖).