醤

See also 醬

Translingual

shinjitai	醤
simplified	酱
traditional	醬

Etymology

Unofficial Japanese Simplified from 醬 (將 → 将) (extended shinjitai); compare 奨.

Current form Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 将 + semantic 酉 (“drink”)

Han character

醤 (radical 164 酉+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 中戈一金田 (LIMCW), composition ⿱⿰丬⿱爫寸酉)

1. any jam-like or paste-like food

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1286, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian: not present, would follow volume 6, page 3593, character 16
• Unihan data for U+91A4

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Japanese

Kanji

醤 (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• On: しょう (shō)
• Kun: ひしお (hishio)

Compounds

• 醤油