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Translingual
Glyph origin
Unofficial Japanese Simplified from 醬 (將 → 将) (extended shinjitai); compare 奨.
Current form Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声) : phonetic 将 () + semantic 酉 (“drink”)
Han character
醤 (Kangxi radical 164, 酉+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 中戈一金田 (LIMCW), composition ⿱将酉)
- any jam-like or paste-like food
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1286, character 24
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 6, page 3593, character 16
- Unihan data for U+91A4
Japanese
Kanji
醤
(Hyōgai kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 醬)
- a kind of miso
- any jam-like or paste-like food
Readings
Compounds