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U+7CD6, 糖
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7CD6

[U+7CD5]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+7CD7]
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U+FA03, 糖
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA03

[U+FA02]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs
[U+FA04]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: 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

Chinese

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Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 糖, Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) ...

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l'aːŋ): semantic (rice) + phonetic (OC *ɡl'aːŋ).

Etymology

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

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

Pronunciation


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

  • Dialectal data
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Definitions

  1. sugar
       báitáng   white sugar
       hóngtáng   brown sugar
    [Cantonese]   tong4 seoi2 [Jyutping]   tong sui (literally, “sugar water”)
    薄荷糖薄荷糖   táng bóhétáng   sugar-free peppermint candy
       Táng fàng duō le.   Too much sugar is added.
  2. short for 糖果 (tángguǒ) sweets; candy; lollies; confectionery (Classifier: m;  c)
    棒棒   bàngbàngtáng   lollipop
    無糖薄荷无糖薄荷   wútáng bóhétáng   sugar-free peppermint candy
    不好   Táng chī duō le bùhǎo.   Eating too much candy is unhealthy.
    冇益 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    tong4-2 sik6 dak1 do1 mou5 jik1. [Jyutping]
    Eating too much candy is unhealthy.
  3. (organic chemistry) saccharide; carbohydrate
       duōtáng   polysaccharide
    葡萄   pútáotáng   glucose
  4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to preserve food in alcohol or alcohol dregs
  5. (Internet slang, figurative) loveable and likeable, cute
       táng   (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  6. (transgender slang, figurative) HRT (hormone replacement therapy) drugs, especially pills
       chītáng   to undergo HRT (literally, “to eat candy”)
    昨天爸媽發現 [MSC, trad.]
    昨天爸妈发现 [MSC, simp.]
    Zuótiān táng bèi wǒ bàmā fāxiàn le. [Pinyin]
    Yesterday [my] HRT drugs were discovered by my parents.

Synonyms

  • (sweets):

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: (とう) ()
  • Korean: 당(糖) (dang)
  • Vietnamese: đường ()

Others:

  • Guiqiong: d’ɐŋ
  • Macanese: tôm-tôm

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