醬

See also: 醤 and 酱

Translingual

Traditional	醬
Shinjitai (extended)	醤
Simplified	酱

Han character

醬 (Kangxi radical 164, 酉+11, 18 strokes, cangjie input 女戈一金田 (VIMCW), four-corner 2760₁, composition ⿱將酉)

Related characters

• 醤 (Japanese shinjitai)
• 酱 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1287, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40011
• Dae Jaweon: page 1787, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3596, character 17
• Unihan data for U+91AC

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Chinese

trad.		醬
simp.		酱
alternative forms		𪧷 second round simplified

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (爿) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
臧	*ʔsaːŋ
牂	*ʔsaːŋ
戕	*kaːl, *ʔsaːŋ, *zaŋ
贓	*ʔsaːŋ
藏	*zaːŋ, *zaːŋs
奘	*zaːŋʔ, *zaːŋs
臟	*zaːŋs
將	*ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋs
漿	*ʔsaŋ
鱂	*ʔsaŋ
蔣	*ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋʔ
螿	*ʔsaŋ
槳	*ʔsaŋʔ
獎	*ʔsaŋʔ
醬	*ʔsaŋs
鏘	*sʰaŋ
蹡	*sʰaŋ, *ʔshaŋs
嶈	*sʰaŋ
斨	*sʰaŋ
爿	*braːn, *zaŋ
牆	*zaŋ
妝	*ʔsraŋ
莊	*ʔsraŋ
裝	*ʔsraŋ, *ʔsraŋs
壯	*ʔsraŋs
疒	*rnɯːɡ, *zraŋ
床	*zraŋ
牀	*zraŋ
狀	*zraŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsaŋs) : phonetic 將 (OC *ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋs) + semantic 酉 (“drink”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiàng (jiang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chiùⁿ / chiòⁿ / chiàuⁿ / chiòng / chiàng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ziên³ / zion³

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵cian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàng
    • Wade–Giles: chiang⁴
    • Yale: jyàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianq
    • Palladius: цзян (czjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zoeng³
    • Yale: jeung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiùⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsiùnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cviux
    • IPA (Lukang): /t͡siũ³¹/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /t͡siũ¹²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siũ¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung, Yilan): /t͡siũ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siũ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiòⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsiònn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cvioix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou, Tainan): /t͡siɔ̃²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiàuⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsiàunn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cviaux
    • IPA (Penang): /t͡siãu²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiòng
    • Tâi-lô: tsiòng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cioxng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɔŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɔŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiàng
    • Tâi-lô: tsiàng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaxng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siaŋ²¹/

Note:

• chiùⁿ/chiòⁿ - vernacular;
• chiòng/chiàng - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: ziên³ / zion³
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsièⁿ / tsiòⁿ
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sĩẽ²¹³/, /t͡sĩõ²¹³/

Note:

• ziên3 - Chaozhou;
• zion3 - Shantou.

• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵cian
    • MiniDict: cian^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²jian
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕiã³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tsjangH

Rime
Character	醬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	子亮切
Baxter	tsjangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɨɐŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡siɐŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡siɑŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sɨaŋH/
Li Rong	/t͡siaŋH/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭaŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si̯aŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zoeng3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]aŋ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsaŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	醬
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiàng
Middle Chinese	‹ tsjangH ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]aŋ-s/
English	sauce
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	醬
Reading #	1/1
No.	10295
Phonetic component	爿
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	醬
Old Chinese	/*ʔsaŋs/

Etymology 1

Possibly from 漿 (OC *[ts]aŋ) with *-s suffix (cf. Baxter and Sagart's reconstruction).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 醬

1. any jam-like or paste-like food
2. thick sauce
3. to add soy sauce

   醬香雞塊飯／酱香鸡块饭  ―  jiàng xiāng jīkuài fàn  ―  Soy sauce chicken rice

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese ちゃん (-chan).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 醬

1. (ACG, Internet slang) -chan

Coordinate terms

• 桑 (sāng, “-san”), 炭 (tàn, “-tan”), 君 (jūn, “-kun”), 樣／样 (yàng, “-sama”)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (醬):

• → Japanese: 醤(しょう) (shō)
• → Korean: 장(醬) (jang)
• → Vietnamese: tương (醬)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

醬

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 醤)

1. any jam-like or paste-like food

Readings

• Go-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kun: ひしお (hishio, 醬)^{←ひしほ (fisifo, 醬, historical)}

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Korean

Hanja

醬 • (jang)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 장 (McCune–Reischauer: chang, Yale: cang)
  • Name (hangeul): 젓갈 장 (chŏskal chang)
    

1. any jam-like or paste-like food

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Vietnamese

Han character

醬: Hán Việt readings: tương (子(tử)亮(lượng)切(thiết))
醬: Nôm readings: tương

1. Template:han tu form of