糖

See also: 醣

糖 U+7CD6, 糖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7CD6 ← 糕 [U+7CD5] CJK Unified Ideographs 糗 → [U+7CD7]

糖 U+FA03, 糖 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA03 ← 拓 [U+FA02] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 宅 → [U+FA04]

Translingual

Han character

糖 (Kangxi radical 119, 米+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 火木戈中口 (FDILR), four-corner 9096₇, composition ⿰米唐)

References

• KangXi: page 911, character 38
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27070
• Dae Jaweon: page 1338, character 29
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3157, character 7
• Unihan data for U+7CD6

• Unihan data for U+FA03

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Chinese

trad.		糖/醣
simp.		糖
2nd round simp.		𰪩
alternative forms		餹／糖 饄 糛 𥼽／𥹥 𥽻
醣 - “saccharide”

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 糖
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
唐	*ɡl'aːŋ
煻	*l'aːŋ
糖	*l'aːŋ
搪	*l'aːŋ
蓎	*l'aːŋ
瑭	*l'aːŋ
餹	*l'aːŋ
篖	*l'aːŋ
螗	*l'aːŋ
塘	*l'aːŋ
鶶	*l'aːŋ
赯	*l'aːŋ
磄	*l'aːŋ
溏	*l'aːŋ
傏	*l'aːŋ
鎕	*l'aːŋ
榶	*l'aːŋ
嵣	*l'aːŋʔ, *l'aːŋs
庚	*kraːŋ
賡	*kraːŋ
鹒	*kraːŋ
康	*kʰlaːŋ
穅	*kʰlaːŋ
糠	*kʰlaːŋ
槺	*kʰlaːŋ
漮	*kʰlaːŋ
躿	*kʰlaːŋ
慷	*kʰlaːŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *l'aːŋ): semantic 米 (“rice”) + phonetic 唐 (OC *ɡl'aːŋ).

Etymology

Original meaning was “sweet rice cake” or “sugar syrup”. Cognate with 餳 (OC *ljaːŋ).

Compare Proto-Lingao lhaŋ² ("sugar"), whence Lincheng /haŋ˧˧/, Qiongshan /liaŋ˩˧/.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): táng (tang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄤˊ

  (Chengdu, SP): tang²

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): тон (ton, I)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): tong⁴, tong^4-2

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hong³, hong^3*

• Gan (Wiktionary): tong²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): thòng

  (Meixian, Guangdong): tong²

• Jin (Wiktionary): ton¹
• Min Bei (KCR): tô̤ng
• Min Dong (BUC): tòng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): thn̂g / thôⁿ / thông / thâng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): teng⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): daan (T3)
• Xiang (Wiktionary): dan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: táng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: táng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻang²
    • Yale: táng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarng
    • Palladius: тан (tan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑŋ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: tang²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: tang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaŋ²¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: тон (ton, I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tong⁴, tong^4-2
    • Yale: tòhng, tóng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tong⁴, tong^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: tong⁴, tong^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːŋ²¹/, /tʰɔːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/

Note:

• tong4 - “sugar”;
• tong4-2 - “candy”.

• (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  • Wiktionary: hong³, hong^3*
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔŋ²²/, /hɔŋ²²⁻²²⁵/

Note:

• hong3 - “sugar”;
• hong3* - “candy”.

Gan

• (Nanchang)
  • Wiktionary: tong²
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔŋ²⁴/

Hakka

• (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thòng
  • Hakka Romanization System: tongˇ
  • Hagfa Pinyim: tong²
  • Sinological IPA: /tʰoŋ¹¹/
• (Meixian)
  • Guangdong: tong²
  • Sinological IPA: /tʰɔŋ¹¹/

Jin

• (Taiyuan)⁺
  • Wiktionary: ton¹
  • Sinological IPA (old-style): /tʰxɒ̃¹¹/

Min Bei

• (Jian'ou)
  • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: tô̤ng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔŋ³³/

Min Dong

• (Fuzhou)
  • Bàng-uâ-cê: tòng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰouŋ⁵³/

Min Nan

• (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Changtai, General Taiwanese, Penang, Singapore, Philippines, Medan)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thn̂g
  • Tâi-lô: thn̂g
  • Phofsit Daibuun: tngg
  • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰŋ̍¹³/
  • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Changtai, Taipei, Singapore, Philippines): /tʰŋ̍²⁴/
  • IPA (Kaohsiung, Penang): /tʰŋ̍²³/
• (Hokkien: Changtai, Longyan)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thôⁿ
  • Tâi-lô: thônn
  • Phofsit Daibuun: tvoo
  • IPA (Changtai): /tʰɔ̃²⁴/
  • IPA (Longyan): /tʰõ¹¹/
• (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Changtai, General Taiwanese, Penang, Singapore, Philippines, Medan)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thông
  • Tâi-lô: thông
  • Phofsit Daibuun: toong
  • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɔŋ¹³/
  • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Changtai, Taipei, Singapore, Philippines): /tʰɔŋ²⁴/
  • IPA (Kaohsiung, Penang): /tʰɔŋ²³/
• (Hokkien: Longyan)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thâng
  • Tâi-lô: thâng
  • Phofsit Daibuun: taang
  • IPA (Longyan): /tʰaŋ¹¹/

Note:

• thn̂g/thôⁿ - vernacular;
• thông/thâng - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: teng⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thṳ̂ng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɯŋ⁵⁵/

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: daan (T3)
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d̥ɑ̃²³/

Xiang

• (Changsha)
  • Wiktionary: dan²
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tan¹³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 糖
Mandarin	Beijing	/tʰɑŋ³⁵/
	Harbin	/tʰaŋ²⁴/
	Tianjin	/tʰɑŋ⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/tʰaŋ⁴²/
	Qingdao	/tʰaŋ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/tʰaŋ⁴²/
	Xi'an	/tʰaŋ²⁴/
	Xining	/tʰɔ̃²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/tʰɑŋ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/tʰɑ̃⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/tʰɑŋ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/tʰaŋ²¹³/
	Chengdu	/tʰaŋ³¹/
	Guiyang	/tʰaŋ²¹/
	Kunming	/tʰã̠¹/
	Nanjing	/tʰaŋ²⁴/
	Hefei	/tʰɑ̃⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/tʰɒ̃¹¹/
	Pingyao	/tʰɑŋ¹³/ /tɑŋ¹³/ 黑～
	Hohhot	/tʰɑ̃³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/dɑ̃²³/
	Suzhou	/dɑ̃¹³/
	Hangzhou	/dɑŋ²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/duɔ³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/tʰa⁴⁴/
	Tunxi	/tʰau¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/tan¹³/
	Xiangtan	/dɔn¹²/
Gan	Nanchang	/tʰɔŋ²⁴/
Hakka	Meixian	/tʰoŋ¹¹/
	Taoyuan	/tʰoŋ¹¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/tʰɔŋ²¹/
	Nanning	/tʰɔŋ²¹/
	Hong Kong	/tʰɔŋ²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/tʰɔŋ³⁵/ /tʰŋ̍³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/tʰouŋ⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/tʰɔŋ³³/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/tʰɯŋ⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/ho³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /dɑŋ/

Rime
Character	糖
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	徒郎切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/daŋ/
Li Rong	/dɑŋ/
Wang Li	/dɑŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	táng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tong4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.lˤaŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'aːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	糖
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	táng
Middle Chinese	‹ dang ›
Old Chinese	/*C.lˁaŋ/ (no pre-Qín exx)
English	sugar
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	糖
Reading #	1/1
No.	3961
Phonetic component	庚
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	唐
Old Chinese	/*l'aːŋ/

Definitions

糖

1. sugar

   白糖  ―  báitáng  ―  white sugar

   紅糖／红糖  ―  hóngtáng  ―  brown sugar

   糖水 [Cantonese]  ―  tong⁴ seoi² [Jyutping]  ―  tong sui (literally, “sugar water”)

   無糖薄荷糖／无糖薄荷糖  ―  wútáng bóhétáng  ―  sugar-free peppermint candy

   糖放多了。  ―  Táng fàng duō le.  ―  Too much sugar is added.

2. candy; sweets (Classifier: 粒 c)

   棒棒糖  ―  bàngbàngtáng  ―  lollipop

   無糖薄荷糖／无糖薄荷糖  ―  wútáng bóhétáng  ―  sugar-free peppermint candy

   糖吃多了不好。  ―  Táng chī duō le bùhǎo.  ―  Eating too much candy is unhealthy.

   糖食得多冇益。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   tong^4-2 sik⁶ dak¹ do¹ mou⁵ jik¹. [Jyutping]

   Eating too much candy is unhealthy.

3. (organic chemistry) saccharide; carbohydrate

   多糖  ―  duōtáng  ―  polysaccharide

   葡萄糖  ―  pútáotáng  ―  glucose

4. ^† to preserve food in alcohol or alcohol dregs

   • 蟹之將糖，躁擾彌甚。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     蟹之将糖，躁扰弥甚。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Southern Qi, by Xiao Zixian, 6^th century CE

     Xiè zhī jiāng táng, zàorǎo mí shèn. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

5. (Internet slang, figuratively) loveable and likeable, cute

   撒糖  ―  sǎtáng  ―  (please add an English translation of this example)

6. (transgender slang, figuratively) HRT (hormone replacement therapy) drugs, especially pills

   吃糖  ―  chītáng  ―  to undergo HRT (literally, “to eat candy”)

   昨天糖被我爸媽發現了。 [MSC, trad.]
   昨天糖被我爸妈发现了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zuótiān táng bèi wǒ bàmā fāxiàn le. [Pinyin]

   Yesterday [my] HRT drugs were spotted by my parents.

   • […]，她上鎖的櫃子還被隔壁班的學生撬開，一直在吃的「糖」（雌性激素藥）就在櫃子裡。 [MSC, trad.]
     […]，她上锁的柜子还被隔壁班的学生撬开，一直在吃的“糖”（雌性激素药）就在柜子里。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2021 January 15, 张楠茜, 《拯救可橙： 被父母强送矫治的跨性别者》, in 《鳳凰週刊》 [Phoenix Weekly], ISSN 1810-4770, issue 747, page 42

     , tā shàngsuǒ de guìzǐ hái bèi gébì bān de xuéshēng qiàokāi, yīzhí zài chī de “táng” (cíxìng jīsù yào) jiù zài guìzǐ lǐ. [Pinyin]

     [...] her locked cabinet was pried open by the students in the class nearby, and the "candies" (estrongen pills) that she has been eating was found there.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 糖果 (“candy; sweets”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		糖果
Mandarin	Beijing	糖果兒
	Taiwan	糖果
	Jinan	花糖
	Nanning (Wuming)	糖, 糖果
	Nanjing	糖果
	Singapore	糖, 糖果
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	糖
Cantonese	Guangzhou	糖
	Hong Kong	糖
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	麻糖
	Taishan	磨糖
	Kaiping (Chikan)	麻糖
	Dongguan	麻糖
	Yangjiang	糖仔
	Beihai	糖膠
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	糖膠
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	糖膠
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	糖膠
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	糖仔
	Móng Cái	糖膠
Hakka	Meixian	糖仔, 糖果
	Yudu	糖子, 糖
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	糖仔, 甘糖
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	糖仔, 甘糖
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	糖仔, 甘糖
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	糖, 甘糖
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	糖仔, 甘糖
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	糖, 甘糖
	Hong Kong	麻糖, 糖仔
Huizhou	Jixi	糖
Min Dong	Fuzhou	糖
	Matsu	金含
Min Nan	Xiamen	糖仔
	Quanzhou	糖仔
	Taipei (Wanhua)	糖仔
	Kaohsiung	糖仔
	Yilan	糖仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	糖仔
	Taichung	糖仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	糖仔
	Tainan	糖仔
	Taitung	糖仔
	Hsinchu	糖仔
	Penghu (Magong)	金含仔
	Penang (Hokkien)	紅毛糖
	Singapore (Hokkien)	紅毛糖
	Manila (Hokkien)	糖仔
	Longyan	糖仔
	Chaozhou	糖果
	Shantou	糖果
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	金含
	Jieyang	金含, 糖
	Singapore (Teochew)	紅毛糖, 糖
	Leizhou	糖糕, 糖囝
	Haikou	糖囝
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	糖
Wu	Suzhou	糖
	Hangzhou	糖
	Wenzhou	糖兒
	Jinhua	紙包糖
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	桔桔糖
Xiang	Changsha	糖粒子

Compounds

Derived terms from 糖

• 丙糖 (bǐngtáng)
• 乞糖
• 乳糖 (rǔtáng)
• 二糖 (èrtáng)
• 五碳糖 (wǔtàntáng)
• 代糖
• 六碳糖 (liùtàntáng)
• 冰糖 (bīngtáng)
• 半乳糖 (bànrǔtáng)
• 口香糖 (kǒuxiāngtáng)
• 喜糖 (xǐtáng)
• 四碳糖
• 多糖 (duōtáng)
• 太妃糖 (tàifēitáng)
• 己糖 (jǐtáng)
• 庚糖
• 戊糖 (wùtáng)
• 方糖 (fāngtáng)
• 木糖 (mùtáng)
• 木聚糖
• 木酮糖 (mùtóngtáng)
• 果糖 (guǒtáng)
• 核糖 (hétáng)
• 核酮糖 (hétóngtáng)
• 棉花糖 (miánhuātáng)
• 棒棒糖 (bàngbàngtáng)
• 棒糖 (bàngtáng)
• 氨基葡糖
• 氨基葡萄糖
• 泡泡口香糖
• 泡泡糖 (pàopàotáng)
• 波板糖 (bōbǎntáng)
• 焦糖 (jiāotáng)

• 甜菊糖
• 白糖 (báitáng)
• 砂糖 (shātáng)
• 硬糖 (yìngtáng)
• 糖人 (tángrén)
• 糖元
• 糖分 (tángfèn)
• 糖化 (tánghuà)
• 糖原 (tángyuán)
• 糖尿病 (tángniàobìng)
• 糖果 (tángguǒ)
• 糖水 (tángshuǐ)
• 糖汁
• 糖瓜
• 糖稀
• 糖粉 (tángfěn)
• 糖精 (tángjīng)
• 糖罐
• 糖脂 (tángzhī)
• 糖苷 (tánggān)
• 糖萼
• 糖蒜 (tángsuàn)
• 糖蛋白 (tángdànbái)
• 糖蜜 (tángmì)
• 糖衣 (tángyī)
• 糖酯
• 糖酵解 (tángjiàojiě)
• 糖醇 (tángchún)
• 糖醋 (tángcù)
• 糖醋肉 (tángcùròu)
• 糖霜 (tángshuāng)
• 糖食 (tángshí)
• 肽聚糖 (tàijùtáng)

• 葡糖 (pútáng)
• 葡萄糖 (pútáotáng)
• 蔗糖 (zhètáng)
• 酮糖 (tóngtáng)
• 醛糖 (quántáng)
• 阿拉伯糖 (ālābótáng)
• 高血糖 (gāoxuètáng)
• 黑糖 (hēitáng)
• 糖醋里脊
• 來蘇糖／来苏糖 (láisūtáng)
• 升糖指數／升糖指数 (shēngtáng zhǐshù)
• 單糖／单糖 (dāntáng)
• 多糖體／多糖体
• 果味膠糖／果味胶糖
• 無糖／无糖 (wútáng)
• 糖彈／糖弹 (tángdàn)
• 糖漿／糖浆 (tángjiāng)
• 糖異生／糖异生 (tángyìshēng)
• 糖皮質激素／糖皮质激素 (tángpízhìjīsù)
• 糖紙／糖纸
• 糖葫蘆／糖葫芦 (tánghúlu)
• 糖蘿蔔／糖萝卜
• 糖衣炮彈／糖衣炮弹 (tángyī pàodàn)
• 糖質新生／糖质新生 (tángzhìxīnshēng)
• 糖醋魚／糖醋鱼
• 糖類／糖类 (tánglèi)
• 紅糖／红糖 (hóngtáng)
• 綿白糖／绵白糖 (miánbáitáng)
• 脫氧核糖／脱氧核糖 (tuōyǎng hétáng)
• 軟糖／软糖 (ruǎntáng)
• 轉化糖／转化糖
• 麥芽糖／麦芽糖 (màiyátáng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (糖):

• → Japanese: 糖(とう) (tō)
• → Korean: 당 (糖, dang)
• → Vietnamese: đường (糖)

Others:

• → Guiqiong: d’ɐŋ

References

• “糖”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03070

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Japanese

Shinjitai	糖
Kyūjitai	糖 糖 or 糖+︀?
	糖󠄀 糖+󠄀? (Adobe-Japan1)
	糖󠄃 糖+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

糖

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 糖)

Readings

• Go-on: どう (dō)^{←だう (dau, historical)}
• Kan-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}
• Tō-on: たん (tan)
• Kun: あめ (ame, 糖)
• Nanori: あら (ara)

Compounds

Compounds

• 果(か)糖(とう) (katō): fructose
• 血(けっ)糖(とう) (kettō): blood sugar
• 砂(さ)糖(とう) (satō): sugar
• 蔗(しょ)糖(とう) (shotō): sucrose
• 西(すい)瓜(か)糖(とう) (suikatō): watermelon sugar, sugar made by concentrating watermelon juice
• 糖(とう)衣(い) (tōi)
• 糖(とう)化(か) (tōka): saccharification
• 糖(とう)原(げん) (tōgen): glycogen
• 糖(とう)尿(にょう)病(びょう) (tōnyōbyō)
• 糖(とう)分(ぶん) (tōbun)
• 糖(とう)類(るい) (tōrui)
• 乳(にゅう)糖(とう) (nyūtō): lactose
• 麦(ばく)芽(が)糖(とう) (bakugatō): maltose
• 楓(ふう)糖(とう) (fūtō): maple sugar
• 葡(ぶ)萄(どう)糖(とう) (budōtō): glucose

Kanji in this term
糖
とう Grade: 6
on’yomi

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 糖 (MC dɑŋ, “sugar”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
• (Tokyo) と​ー [tóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [to̞ː]

Noun

糖(とう) • (tō) ^{←たう (tau)?}

1. sugar

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Korean

Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 糖 (MC dɑŋ).

Historical readings
Recorded as Middle Korean 따ᇰ (Yale: ttang) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448. Recorded as Middle Korean 다ᇰ (tang) (Yale: tang) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ta̠ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [당]

Hanja

Wikisource

糖 (eumhun 엿 당 (yeot dang))

1. Hanja form^? of 당 (“sugar”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 과당 (果糖, gwadang)
• 당뇨 (糖尿, dangnyo)
• 당류 (糖類, dangnyu)
• 당밀 (糖蜜, dangmil)
• 당분 (糖分, dangbun)
• 당질 (糖質, dangjil)
• 자당 (蔗糖, jadang)
• 혈당 (血糖, hyeoldang)
• 당의 (糖衣, dang'ui)
• 연당 (鉛糖, yeondang)
• 당산 (糖酸, dangsan)
• 당화 (糖化, danghwa)
• 유당 (乳糖, yudang)
• 맥아당 (麥芽糖, maegadang)
• 포도당 (葡萄糖, pododang)

Etymology 2

From Early Mandarin 糖.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [tʰa̠ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [탕]

Hanja

糖 (eumhun 엿 탕 (yeot tang))

1. Hanja form^? of 탕 (“sugar”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 설탕 (雪糖, seoltang)
• 사탕 (砂糖, satang)
• 탕수육 (糖水肉, tangsuyuk)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

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Vietnamese

Han character

糖: Hán Nôm readings: đường

1. chữ Hán form of đường (“sugar”).