醬

See also 醤, and 酱

Translingual

shinjitai	醤
simplified	酱
traditional	醬

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 將 + semantic 酉 (“drink”)

Han character

醬 (radical 164 酉+11, 18 strokes, cangjie input 女戈一金田 (VIMCW), four-corner 2760₁, composition ⿱將酉)

1. any jam-like or paste-like food
2. thick sauce

Descendants

• 醤 酱

References

• KangXi: page 1287, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40011
• Dae Jaweon: page 1787, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3596, character 17
• Unihan data for U+91AC

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Cantonese

Hanzi

醬 (simplified 酱, jyutping zoeng3, Yale jeung3)

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Japanese

Kanji

醬

Readings

• On: しょう (shō)
• Kun: ひしお (hishio)

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Korean

Hanja

醬
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 장 (revised: jang, McCune-Reischauer: chang, Yale: cang)

• Name (hangeul): 젓갈 장 (chŏskal chang)()

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Mandarin

Hanzi

醬 (simplified 酱, pinyin jiàng (jiang4), Wade-Giles chiang⁴)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

醬 (tziɑ̀ng)

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Vietnamese

Wikipedia

Han character

醬 (tương)