糖

糖 U+7CD6, 糖 ← 糕[U+7CD5] CJK Unified Ideographs 糗 →[U+7CD7] 糖 U+FA03, 糖 ← 拓[U+FA02] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 宅 →[U+FA04]

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

• 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

• Unihan data for U+FA03

trad. 糖/醣 simp. 糖 2nd round simp. 𰪩 alternative forms 餹／糖饄糛𥼽／𥹥𥽻 醣 – “saccharide”

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

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

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

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. short for 糖果 (tángguǒ) sweets; candy; lollies; confectionery (Classifier: 顆／颗 m; 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.]tong4-2 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. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) 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, 6th century CEXiè zhī jiāng táng, zàorǎo mí shèn. [Pinyin](please add an English translation of this usage example)
5. (Internet slang, figurative) loveable and likeable, cute 撒糖 ― sǎtáng ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
6. (transgender slang, figurative) 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 discovered by my parents.

• (sweets):

Others:

• ⇒ Chinese Pidgin Russian: ilisitang (“toffee”) (Far Eastern dialect)
• → Guiqiong: d’ɐŋ
• → Macanese: tôm-tôm

• “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

Shinjitai 糖 Kyūjitai[1] 糖糖or糖+︀? 糖󠄀糖+󠄀?(Adobe-Japan1) 糖󠄃糖+󠄃?(Hanyo-Denshi)(Moji_Joho) The displayed kanji may be different from the image due to your environment.See here for details.

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 糖)

• 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)

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

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

• IPA(key): [to̞ː]
• (Tokyo) とー [tóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])[2][3]

糖(とう) • (tō) ←たう (tau)?

1. (organic chemistry) sugar

• “△糖”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015-2026

From Middle Chinese 糖 (MC dang).

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

糖 (eumhun 엿 당 (yeot dang))

1. hanja form? of 당 (“sugar”)

From Early Mandarin 糖 (táng).

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

糖 (eumhun 엿 탕 (yeot tang))

1. hanja form? of 탕 (“sugar”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [3]

糖: Hán Nôm readings: đường

1. chữ Hán form of đường (“sugar”)