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醬

醬

See also: 醤 and 酱

Translingual

Traditional 醬
Shinjitai
(extended) 		醤
Simplified 酱

Han character

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

Descendants

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

Chinese

trad. 醬
simp. 酱

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (爿) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
臧 *ʔsaːŋ
牂 *ʔsaːŋ
戕 *kaːl, *ʔsaːŋ, *zaŋ
贓 *ʔsaːŋ
藏 *zaːŋ, *zaːŋs
奘 *zaːŋʔ, *zaːŋs
臟 *zaːŋs
將 *ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋs
漿 *ʔsaŋ
鱂 *ʔsaŋ
蔣 *ʔsaŋ, *ʔsaŋʔ
螿 *ʔsaŋ
槳 *ʔsaŋʔ
獎 *ʔsaŋʔ
醬 *ʔsaŋs
鏘 *sʰaŋ
蹡 *sʰaŋ, *ʔshaŋs
嶈 *sʰaŋ
斨 *sʰaŋ
爿 *braːn, *zaŋ
牆 *zaŋ
妝 *ʔsraŋ
莊 *ʔsraŋ
裝 *ʔsraŋ, *ʔsraŋs
壯 *ʔsraŋs
疒 *rnɯːɡ, *zraŋ
床 *zraŋ
牀 *zraŋ
狀 *zraŋs

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

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 醬
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 陽 (105)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 子亮切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡sɨɐŋH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡siɐŋH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡siɑŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /t͡sɨaŋH/
Li
Rong		 /t͡siaŋH/
Wang
Li		 /t͡sĭaŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡si̯aŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jiàng
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 醬
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 jiàng
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ tsjangH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ts]aŋ-s/
English sauce

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 醬
Reading # 1/1
No. 10295
Phonetic
component		 爿
Rime
group		 陽
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 醬
Old
Chinese		 /*ʔsaŋs/

Etymology 1

Definitions

醬

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

Etymology 2

From Japanese ちゃん ‎(-chan).

Definitions

醬

  1. (ACG, Internet slang) -chan
Coordinate terms
  • 桑 (sāng, “-san”), 炭 (tàn, “-tan”), 君 (jūn, “-kun”), 樣／样 (yàng, “-sama”)

Compounds

  • 加油添醬／加油添酱
  • 敗醬／败酱
  • 昏盆打醬／昏盆打酱
  • 果子醬／果子酱
  • 果醬／果酱 (guǒjiàng)
  • 枸醬／枸酱
  • 炸醬／炸酱 (zhájiàng)
  • 爛醬／烂酱
  • 甜辣醬／甜辣酱
  • 甜麵醬／甜面酱 (tiánmiànjiàng)
  • 番茄醬／番茄酱 (fānqiéjiàng)
  • 肉醬／肉酱
  • 芝麻醬／芝麻酱
  • 花生醬／花生酱 (huāshēngjiàng)
  • 蒟醬／蒟酱 (jǔjiàng)
  • 覆醬瓿／覆酱瓿
  • 豆瓣醬／豆瓣酱
  • 豆醬／豆酱
  • 辣椒醬／辣椒酱 (làjiāojiàng)
  • 辣瓣兒醬／辣瓣儿酱
  • 辣醬／辣酱
  • 醬園／酱园
  • 醬坊／酱坊
  • 醬油／酱油 (jiàngyóu)
  • 醬瓜／酱瓜
  • 醬糊缸／酱糊缸
  • 醬紫／酱紫
  • 醬缸／酱缸
  • 醬肘子／酱肘子
  • 醬色／酱色
  • 醬菜／酱菜
  • 醬蝦／酱虾
  • 醬豆腐／酱豆腐 (jiàngdòufu)
  • 醯醬／醯酱
  • 魚子醬／鱼子酱 (yúzǐjiàng)
  • 鮓醬／鲊酱
  • 鹽醬口／盐酱口
  • 麻醬／麻酱 (májiàng)
  • 黑醬油／黑酱油

Japanese

Kanji

醬

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 醤)

  1. any jam-like or paste-like food

Readings

Korean

Hanja

醬 • ‎(jang)
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): 장 (McCune-Reischauer: chang, Yale: cang)
  • Name (hangeul): 젓갈 장 (chŏskal chang)()
  1. any jam-like or paste-like food

Vietnamese

Han character

醬 (tương)

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