醬

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

• 醤 (Japanese shinjitai)
• 酱 (Simplified Chinese)

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsaŋs) : phonetic 將 (OC *ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋs) + semantic 酉 (“drink”).

Possibly from 漿 (OC *aŋ) with *-s suffix (cf. Baxter and Sagart's (2014) reconstruction).

醬

1. sauce or paste made of fermented beans, flour, etc.

   • 色惡，不食。臭惡，不食。失飪，不食。不時，不食。割不正，不食。不得其醬，不食。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     色恶，不食。臭恶，不食。失饪，不食。不时，不食。割不正，不食。不得其酱，不食。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE

     Sè è, bù shí. Xìu è, bù shí. Shī rèn, bù shí. Bù shí, bù shí. Gē bùzhèng, bù shí. Bùdé qí jiàng, bù shí.

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   豆瓣醬／豆瓣酱  ―  dòubànjiàng  ―  fermented soybean paste

2. thick sauce; jam

   花生醬／花生酱  ―  huāshēngjiàng  ―  peanut butter

   魚子醬／鱼子酱  ―  yúzǐjiàng  ―  caviar

3. to cook in soy sauce

   醬香雞塊飯／酱香鸡块饭  ―  jiàng xiāng jīkuài fàn  ―  Soy sauce chicken rice

4. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Short for 花生醬.

   奶醬多／奶酱多 [Cantonese]  ―  naai⁵ zoeng³ do¹   ―  condensed milk and peanut butter toast

Others:

• → Tocharian B: tsyāṅk (“sauce”)

Borrowed from Japanese ちゃん (-chan).

醬

1. (ACG, Internet slang) -chan

   初音醬／初音酱  ―  Chūyīn jiàng  ―  Hatsune Miku-chan

• 桑 (sāng, “-san”), 炭 (tàn, “-tan”), 君 (jūn, “-kun”), 樣／样 (yàng, “-sama”)

Contraction of 這樣／这样 (zhèyàng) (Zhao and Fang, 2015).

醬 (Mandarin, colloquial, cute-sounding)

1. (Taiwan, Malaysia or Internet slang) (in) this way

   就醬／就酱  ―  jiù jiàng  ―  (Internet slang) that's it

   醬的天氣／酱的天气 [Malaysian Mandarin]  ―  jiàng de tiānqì   ―  such weather

   不能醬！／不能酱！ [Malaysian Mandarin]  ―  Bùnéng jiàng!   ―  mustn't do it like this!

   • 「是『這樣』啦！不是『醬』，喂！我們不要醬講話咧！醬講話大家聽不懂啦！」 [Malaysian Mandarin, trad.]
     「是『这样』啦！不是『酱』，喂！我们不要酱讲话咧！酱讲话大家听不懂啦！」 [Malaysian Mandarin, simp.]

     From: 2019 April, 李蕙冰 (Lee Hwey Ping), 《苍岩露营记》, →ISBN

     “shì ‘zhèyàng’ la! Bùshì ‘jiàng’, wèi! Wǒmen bùyào jiàng jiǎnghuà liē! Jiàng jiǎnghuà dàjiā tīngbùdǒng la!”

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2. (Malaysia) then; in that case

   醬我要……我要做麼她才會知道醬啊？ [Malaysian Mandarin, trad.]
   酱我要……我要做么她才会知道酱啊？ [Malaysian Mandarin, simp.]

   Jiàng wǒ yào...... Wǒ yào zuò me tā cái huì zhīdào jiàng a?

   Then what… what should I do to make her know?

   Synonym: 那

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 醤)

1. a kind of miso
2. any jam-like or paste-like food

• Go-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō)^{←しやう (syau, historical)}
• Kun: ひしお (hishio, 醬)^{←ひしほ (fisifo, 醬, historical)}

醬 (eumhun 젓갈 장 (jeotgal jang))

1. any jam-like or paste-like food

• See the hangul entry at 장 (jang) for compounds of 醬.

English Wikipedia has an article on:

tương

Wikipedia

醬: Hán Việt readings: tương (子(tử)亮(lượng)切(thiết))^{[1][2][3][4][5]}
醬: Nôm readings: tương^[1][2][4][6]

1. chữ Hán form of tương (“sauce”).