懂中文 Dong Chinese

糖

táng

sugar

Phonosemantic compound. 米 represents the meaning and 唐 represents the sound.

Components
米 meaning component

米  Meaning component

mǐ

  

rice

唐 sound component

唐  Sound component

táng

  

exaggerate

Evolution

糖 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
糖 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
糖 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

糖  

táng

sugar; candy; sweets; CL:顆|颗[kē],塊|块[kuài]

糖 (餹) 

táng

old variant of 糖[táng]

Most common words with 糖
Freq.
Word
Meaning

糖

sugar

糖果

candy

糖尿病

diabetes

口香糖

chewing gum

血糖

blood sugar