糖

táng

old variant of 糖[tang2]

rice (米) + sound táng (唐) = sugar

The rice radical anchors the meaning: sugar was traditionally derived from grains. 唐 contributes the sound táng and does not carry semantic weight here.

米+唐→糖
唐Tang dynastyPhonetic
米RiceSemantic

他喜欢吃糖,每天都要吃一块。

tā xǐ huān chī táng,měi tiān dōu yào chī yī kuài。

He likes eating candy; he has to eat a piece every day.

这道菜放了太多糖,味道有点甜。

zhè dào cài fàng le tài duō táng,wèi dào yǒu diǎn tián。

This dish has too much sugar in it; the flavor is a bit sweet.

Words with 糖

糖水

táng shuǐ

syrup

棒棒糖

bàng bàng táng

lollipop

泡泡糖

pào pào táng

bubble gum

乳糖

rǔ táng

lactose

麦芽糖

mài yá táng

maltose (sweet syrup)

糖类

táng lèi

sugar (chemistry)

酮糖

tóng táng

ketose, monosaccharide containing ketone group

醛糖

quán táng

aldose, monosaccharide containing aldehyde group -COH

金平糖

jīn píng táng

a type of small, bumpy, colored, hard sugar candy (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 金平糖 "konpeitō")

阿拉伯糖

ā lā bó táng

arabinose (type of sugar)

双糖

shuāng táng

disaccharide

饴糖

yí táng

malt sugar

More characters with 米

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